fight

fight
I
n.
straggle

1) to pick, provoke, start a fight (he picked a fight with me)

2) to put up, wage a fight (to wage a fight against corruption)

3) to get into a fight (to get into a fight with a neighbor about the property line)

4) a bitter, desperate, fierce, hard, stubborn; clean, fair; dirty, unfair; last-ditch fight; a fight to the death (to put up a last-ditch fight)

5) a fist fight

6) a fight breaks out, starts

7) a fight about, over; against; among, between; for; with (a fight for justice; a fight between local politicians)

8) a fight to + inf. (we joined the fight to reduce waste)

boxing match

9) to hold, stage a fight

10) to fix a fight ('to influence the results of a fight illegally')

11) a clean; dirty fight

12) (misc.) the big fight (everyone was talking about the big fight)

II
v.

1) to fight bravely, heroically; clean; desperately, hard, stubbornly; dirty, unfairly; fair, fairly

2) (D; intr., tr.) to fight about, over; against; among; for; with (he was always fighting with his neighbors about the noise; Great Britain fought with Turkey against Russia; they are always fighting among themselves; the United States fought a war with Mexico over their common border; the war was fought for a just cause; the dogs were fighting over a bone)

3) (D; intr.) to fight like (they fought like heroes)

4) (misc.) to fight to the finish; to fight with one's fists

* * *
[faɪt]
against
among
between
desperately
dirty
fairly
fierce
for
heroically
last-ditch fight
stage a fight
starts
stubbornly
to fight with one's fists
unfairly
start a fight (he picked a fight with me)
a fight to the death (to put up a last-ditch fight)
wage a fight (to wage a fight against corruption)
(D; intr., tr.) to fight about
(misc.) to fight to the finish
['boxing match'] to hold
['struggle'] to pick
a bitter
a clean
a fist fight
a fight about
a fight breaks out
to put up
to fight bravely
(misc.) the big fight (everyone was talking about the big fight)
(D; intr.) to fight like (they fought like heroes)
to get into a fight (to get into a fight with a neighbor about the property line)
to fix a fight (to influence the results of a fight illegally')
a fight to + inf. (we joined the fight to reduce waste)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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