Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bah! an exclamation expressing disgust or contempt.
- Preterit and past participle of fight.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. & p. p. of
fight .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
fight .
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Examples
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When Burberry's distinctive check pattern was commandeered by C-grade pop stars, the label fought back by launching a limited-edition clothing line.
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But former governor Frank Murkowski during his term fought the process and at first refused to name any of the names submitted to him.
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The fight to be fought is over which version of big government we get.
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The appearance of units and the terrain fought over is not dictated by a game designer but by the players themselves.
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During his reign, Hussein fought the Iranians and the United States (first spearheading the U.N action to free Kuwait and then in the Iraqi War).
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At first, so great was his disgust with the magazines and all bourgeois society, Martin fought against publicity; but in the end, because it was easier than not to, he surrendered.
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But Manchin fought to distance himself from the administration.
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In 1898, Spain fought a losing war with the United States in which her colonies of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam were overrun with relative ease by the U.S.
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But Manchin fought to distance himself from the administration.
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Orphan's grin fought one last time and was released; Jack, on seeing it, shook his head and muttered, "Well, that's all right then."
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