fight
verb
[ fʌɪt ]
• take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons.
• "the men were fighting"
Similar:
brawl,
come to blows,
exchange blows,
attack/assault each other,
hit/punch each other,
box,
struggle,
grapple,
wrestle,
scrimmage,
do battle,
engage in conflict,
contend,
spar,
joust,
tilt,
cross swords,
lock horns,
lock antlers,
scrap,
have a dust-up,
have a set-to,
have a punch-up,
swedge,
roughhouse,
stoush,
go the knuckle,
violent,
combative,
aggressive,
pugnacious,
truculent,
belligerent,
bellicose,
disputatious,
antagonistic,
argumentative,
hawkish,
• struggle to overcome, eliminate, or prevent.
• "a churchman who has dedicated his life to fighting racism"
Similar:
oppose,
contest,
contend with,
confront,
challenge,
combat,
dispute,
object to,
quarrel with,
argue against/with,
withstand,
resist,
defy,
fly in the face of,
strive/struggle against,
take a stand against,
put up a fight against,
take issue with,
question,
controvert,
fight
noun
• a violent confrontation or struggle.
• "he'd got into a fight with some bouncers outside a club"
Similar:
brawl,
fracas,
melee,
row,
rumpus,
confrontation,
skirmish,
sparring match,
exchange,
struggle,
tussle,
scuffle,
altercation,
wrangle,
scrum,
clash,
disturbance,
fisticuffs,
rough and tumble,
donnybrook,
scrap,
dust-up,
set-to,
shindy,
shindig,
free-for-all,
punch-up,
bust-up,
ruck,
bit of argy-bargy,
barney,
afters,
rammy,
swedge,
square go,
roughhouse,
brannigan,
stoush,
affray,
broil,
bagarre,
Origin:
Old English feohtan (verb), feoht(e), gefeoht (noun), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vechten, gevecht and German fechten, Gefecht .
