Meaning

1 senses

  1. To suppress (a feeling or emotion).

    He fought down the urge to laugh.

    She fought down the rage building up inside her.

More definitions
  • fight against or resist strongly

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Here is a method of fighting down your fear.

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Forms

fights down, fighting down, fought down, fought down
Base formfight down · to fight down
3rd person singularfights down
Present participlefighting down
Past simplefought down
Past participlefought down

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfight down
he, she, itfights down

Past simpleLesson

all personsfought down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fought down
he, she, ithas fought down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fight down

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
figfightB1fighterA2figmentfigurativeB2figurativelyC2
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