Meaning

2 senses

  1. (slang)To fight (someone) aggressively.

  2. (Caribbean, intransitive, slang)To endeavor or struggle to do.

    He's fighting up with that job.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. The party fought their way up.

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  2. When they got into fight they kicked up a cloud of dust.

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  3. Was the fight fixed up?

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  4. Tom intervened in a barroom fight and ended up with a black eye.

    deTom wollte bei einer Kneipenschlägerei dazwischengehen und bekam ein blaues Auge verpasst.

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Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsfought up

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fight up

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
figfightB1fighterA2figmentfigurativeB2figurativelyC2
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