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fight off
verb
- to repulse; repel
- to struggle to avoid or repress
to fight off a cold
Idioms and Phrases
Defend against, drive back, as in I've been fighting off a cold all week . This figurative use of the term, originally meaning “to repel an enemy” dates from the early 1800s.Example Sentences
It became about the Lakers as a whole, the group crying the same tears, fighting off the same emotions and celebrating with an exhale that can propel them into the playoffs.
He says there are biological reasons – the male immune system is less able to fight off infection.
The Bruins fought off another explosive offense in the second round last year, overcoming a 10-point deficit in the second half against Creighton.
Moors fought off her own doubt by finding pockets of the sport she could still enjoy.
The pause comes as Ukraine, facing manpower and supply shortages, struggles to fight off grinding and relentless enemy attacks two years after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of the country.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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