fight back

1. (неперехідне)To defend oneself by fighting.

   The bully hadn't been expecting his victim to fight back, and now the bully has quadriplegia.

   defend oneself

2. To defend oneself by fighting.

   (неперехідне)To counterattack (counterstrike); to resist an attack or respond after one.

   During the Pearl Harbor attack, the U.S. Navy began fighting back, and it wouldn't stop until August 1945.

3. (перехідне)To repress; to struggle to repress.

   fight back tears

   She tried to fight back her laughter.

4. (неперехідне)To overturn a losing deficit.

1. I've got to start fighting back.

   deIch muss damit anfangen, zurückzuschlagen. — Trinkschokolade

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2. Tom knows how to fight back.

   ruТом умеет дать сдачи. — marafon

   deTom weiß sich zu wehren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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3. You must learn to fight back.

   ruТы должен научиться давать сдачи. — marafon

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4. I knew Tom would fight back.

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5. We have to start fighting back.

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неправильне · Урок

• fight downвоювати, боротисяTo suppress (a feeling or emotion).
• fight backвоювати, боротисяTo defend oneself by fighting.
• fight upTo fight (someone) aggressively.
• fight offTo succeed in defeating a challenge, or an attack.
• fight outTo settle through conflict.