fight off

phrasal verb

fought off; fighting off; fights off

: to defend oneself against (someone or something) by fighting or struggling : to avoid being harmed or overcome by (someone or something) by fighting or struggling

They fought off the attack/attackers.

I'm trying to fight off a cold.

Examples of fight off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Abbott kept his distance from the debate in Texas, leaving the speaker of the state House, a moderate Republican named Joe Straus, to fight off the effort. —Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025

Protective resins lock everything in for a longer-lasting manicure, UV filters fight off yellowing, and smoothing silicones fill in uneven texture and ridges. —Siena Gagliano, Allure, 5 Mar. 2025

Many of her Black male friends offered to fight off her white assailants, but Wells believed this would only mean more Black widows and fatherless children. —Amy Gais / Made By History, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025

Host Kristen Bell started the show off by thanking the first responders who fought off the LA fires. —Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 23 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for fight off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff