put up a fight

Strongest matches

• contend
• disagree
• dispute
• quarrel
• quibble
• squabble

Strong matches

• altercate
• bandy
• battle
• bicker
• buck
• cross
• feud
• hammer
• hash
• hassle
• jump
• pettifog
• rehash
• row
• sass
• wrangle

Weak matches

• break with
• bump heads
• cross swords
• face down
• face off
• gang up on
• get in one's face
• go one-on-one
• hammer away
• hash over
• have at each other
• have at it
• jump on
• knock around
• lock horns
• mix it up
• pick an argument
• put up a struggle
• set to
• sock it to
• stick it to
• talk back

Strongest matches

• cope
• fight
• oppose
• repel
• resist
• withstand

Strong matches

• battle
• buck
• clash
• contend
• contest
• defy
• dispute
• duel
• engage
• strive
• struggle
• traverse
• war

Weak matches

• cross swords with
• do battle with
• go up against
• shoot it out

Strongest matches

• balk
• contradict
• demur
• differ

Strong matches

• argue
• buck
• decline
• disaccord
• discord
• divide
• object
• oppose
• pettifog
• protest
• refuse
• shy
• stickle
• vary
• wrangle

Weak matches

• break with
• fly in the face of
• put up an argument
• say no way
• say not a chance
• say nothing doing

Strongest matches

• affirm
• assert
• declare
• demonstrate
• fight
• insist
• maintain
• object
• oppose
• resist
• revolt

Strong matches

• asseverate
• attest
• avouch
• avow
• blast
• buck
• combat
• contend
• demur
• disagree
• except
• expostulate
• holler
• howl
• kick
• predicate
• profess
• rebel
• remonstrate
• squawk
• testify

Weak matches

• back-talk
• be against
• be displeased by
• constate
• cry out
• inveigh against
• make a stink
• say no
• sound off
• stage a walkout
• take exception
• thumbs-down

Strongest matches

• abide
• combat
• confront
• continue
• curb
• defy
• endure
• forgo
• maintain
• prevent
• refuse
• repel
• thwart
• turn down

Strong matches

• antagonize
• assail
• assault
• battle
• bear
• brook
• buck
• check
• contend
• counteract
• countervail
• dispute
• duel
• forbear
• hinder
• hold
• persevere
• persist
• refrain
• remain
• stay
• stonewall
• suffer
• traverse
• weather

Weak matches

• abstain from
• die hard
• fight back
• hold off
• hold out against
• keep from
• leave alone
• remain firm
• stand up to
• struggle against

Strongest matches

• compete
• contend
• grapple

Strong matches

• battle
• brawl
• buck
• contest
• hassle
• romp
• rough-house
• row
• scrap
• scuffle
• shuffle
• slug
• smack
• tangle

Weak matches

• bump heads
• cross swords
• go up against
• lock horns

Strongest matches

• scuffle
• tangle
• wrestle

Strong matches

• battle
• box
• brawl
• conflict
• contest
• fight
• grapple
• hassle
• romp
• rough-house
• row
• scrap

Weak matches

• bump heads
• go up against
• lock horns

Strongest matches

• bicker
• disagree
• quarrel
• quibble
• squabble
• tangle

Strong matches

• altercate
• brawl
• contend
• dispute
• hassle
• row
• scrap
• spat
• tiff

Weak matches

• bump heads
• cross swords
• fall out
• have at it
• have words
• lock horns
• pick a bone
• take on