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verb

Fight v. t. (past & past part. fought; pres. part. fighting)

To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause. "He had to fight his way through the world." "I have fought a good fight."

To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours.

To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.

To fight it out, to fight until a decisive and conclusive result is reached.

Fight v. i. (past & past part. fought; pres. part. fighting)

To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; followed by with or against. "You do fight against your country's foes." "To fight with thee no man of arms will deign."

To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.

To fight shy, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach.

adjective

Fighting adj.

Qualified for war; fit for battle. "An host of fighting men."

Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field.

A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. (Colloq.)

Fighting crab (Zool.), the fiddler crab.

Fighting fish (Zool.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish (Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fights.

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Etymology of 'Fighting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fighting" Quotes from Famous Books

... Georgie!" cried the captain, sternly. "Silence there, for all our sakes. Is that how English ladies should encourage those who are fighting for their lives?" ...

— The Dingo Boys - The Squatters of Wallaby Range • G. Manville Fenn

... nothing more than combating, and is the universal resort of all wild animals, including man, to gain or defend their possessions, or avenge their insults. Two dogs who tear each other for a bone, or two bantams fighting on a dunghill for the love of some beautiful hen, or two fools on Wimbledon Common, shooting at each other to satisfy the laws of offended honour, stand on the same footing in this respect, and are each and all mere duellists. As civilisation advanced, ...

— Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds • Charles Mackay

... you have been saddling the horse ready to go and meet it! How many times am I to tell you, little woman, to wait until the trouble comes to you, and then to look it squarely in the face and fight it, if fighting is likely to do any good, and if it is not, then bear it with all the patience and courage that God will give you, if you only do your share in the matter? Now what has Master Len been ...

— That Scholarship Boy • Emma Leslie

... of fighting, gentlemen!" said Manicamp, "before you have rested yourselves; for in that case you will not ...

— Ten Years Later - Chapters 1-104 • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... whole of British sea-power; for the Merchant Service is the other half. Nor is the Navy the only fighting force on which our liberty depends; for we depend upon the United Service of sea and land and air. Moreover, all our fighting forces, put together, could not have done their proper share toward building up the Empire, ...

— Flag and Fleet - How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas • William Wood

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