fightback
A campaign of resistanceA campaign of resistance; a counterattack.
» City staged a late fightback, scoring an equaliser in injury time.
City fand erst spät ins Spiel zurück und erzielte in der Nachspielzeit einen Ausgleichstreffer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 sensesA campaign of resistance; a counterattack.
Examples
1 sentencesCity staged a late fightback, scoring an equaliser in injury time.
deCity fand erst spät ins Spiel zurück und erzielte in der Nachspielzeit einen Ausgleichstreffer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From fight + back, as a deverbal from fight back.From fight + back, as a deverbal from fight back.
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Forms
plural: fightbacks| Singular | fightback |
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Word family
1 related wordsSee also
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