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Put up a fight

verb

Definitions

1.verbTo offer some form of resistance to an attack.
"She put up a fight when the mugger tried to steal her purse."
2.verbTo protest or make a fuss, especially over a proposed course of action.
"Their youngest son always put up a fight when it was bedtime."

Synonyms

fight backgive it to someoneput up one's dukesstick upgainstrivebear againsttake up the cudgelsmake head againstbefightwardrefightcome out swinging
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