fight back

phrasal verb

fought back; fighting back; fights back

: to attack or try to defeat someone who is attacking or trying to defeat oneself

We can't just let them make these accusations against us. We need to fight back!

: to make a new effort against an opponent

They fell behind early in the game, but they were able to fight back and tie the score in the second half.

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The two witness and experience so much abuse that Elwood finally decides to fight back, despite the risk of retaliation by the school's administrators. —

Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024 Now Google has responded with new alerts under development in Chrome which also deploy AI to fight back. —

Zak Doffman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 Reality check: Amazon still has plenty of options to fight back. —

Emily Peck, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024 In this eye-opening story, Andrew R. Chow shares the medical struggles and stories of more than 50 Granbury residents affected by the noise, and reports on how the community is trying to fight back against Marathon, the mine’s owner. —

Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fight back