fight back

Meaning

1. Oxford95% of films

   to resist strongly or attack sb who has attacked you

In the movies · 33

• world and fought back an invading army of the undead.Ghostbusters: Afterlife2021
• That's what we should all do - fight back.The Great Dictator1940
• And people who fight back are killed.The Expendables2010
• Fight back! You coward, fight back!Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2009
• Fight back BeeBumblebee2018
• "If it's black, fight back.Cocaine Bear2023
• Can't fight back.Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus2019
• Don't fight back.The Expendables2010

From the same entry

• fight your corner
• fight fire with fire
• fight for life
• a fighting chance
• fighting fit
• fighting spirit
• fighting talk
• fight a losing battle
• fight your own battles
• fight shy of doing
• fight to the death
• fight tooth and nail

More phrasal verbs

• settle in
• stand out
• call for
• do without
• blend in
• go through with
• start up
• face up to
• go over
• go along with
• catch on
• come in