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noun (WikiSaurus?-link, fight)
  1. An occasion of fighting.
  2. (archaic) A battle between opposing armies.
  3. A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
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      1. (context, Sports) A boxing or martial arts match.
    • I'm going to Nick"s to watch the big tomorrow night.
      1. A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
    • I'll put up a to save this company.
      1. The will or ability to fight
    • As soon as he saw the size of his opponent, all the went out of him.
verb (fights, fighting, fought, fought or foughten)
  1. (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
    • The two boxers have been fighting for more than half an hour.
    • A wounded animal will like a maniac.
      1. (intransitive) To strive for; to campaign or contend for success.
    • He fought for the Democrats in the last election.
      1. (transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
    • The battle was fought just over that hill.
      1. (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
    • My grandfather fought the Nazis in the Second World War.
      1. (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
    • The government pledged to corruption.

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