fight for
phrasal verb
fought for; fighting for; fights for
1
: to fight in support of (something)
young soldiers fighting for their country
This is a cause that's worth fighting for.
2
: to fight or struggle to get, keep, or achieve (something)
The team is fighting for a spot in the play-offs.
The two armies fought all night for control of the fort.
They had to fight for survival.
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In its ongoing fight for survival, the indie film community has learned to use every tool at its disposal to get its movies made — and more often than not, that has meant shooting abroad for rebates and leveraging foreign grants through co-production arrangements.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
Bristol City and Preston North End, the Championship’s longest-serving sides having been promoted together in 2015, went into the game with different ambitions: Bristol City staring at the play-off places; Preston fighting for survival.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Instead, Lampley nailed the assignment and a year later began what would be an unparalleled three-decade career calling fights for HBO.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
Yet the Koch groups were patently against Trump’s ban on migrants from countries with Muslim majorities, objected to his hardline view of immigration, and fought for legal status for Dreamers.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 2 May 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
Bristol City and Preston North End, the Championship’s longest-serving sides having been promoted together in 2015, went into the game with different ambitions: Bristol City staring at the play-off places; Preston fighting for survival.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Instead, Lampley nailed the assignment and a year later began what would be an unparalleled three-decade career calling fights for HBO.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
Yet the Koch groups were patently against Trump’s ban on migrants from countries with Muslim majorities, objected to his hardline view of immigration, and fought for legal status for Dreamers.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 2 May 2025
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“Fight for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fight%20for. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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