go down swinging
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His faith may be doomed — the three letters of his name are literally an epitaph — but he will go down swinging.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
But she is ready to go down swinging.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2022
"I just told myself to go down swinging, I was really going for my shots," she said afterwards.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2022
I’d rather go down swinging than being gun shy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
It’d be the world’s shortest fight, but at least I’d go down swinging.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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