fight back
Example Sentences
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The woman fought back and ran to a neighboring business.
From Los Angeles Times
Others lingered, fighting back tears in the brutal cold for a man they had never met.
From Barron's
He knew that no matter what they did, he would be the one that got in trouble for it, so he didn’t say anything, or try to fight back.
From Literature
Mr. Hazareesingh describes how Solitude, a pregnant, formerly enslaved woman in Guadeloupe, encouraged a group of people to fight back against the French soldiers sent by Napoleon in 1802 to reinstate slavery.
Fritz fought back, triumphantly breaking in the seventh game of the third set with an enormous smash.
From Barron's
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