See fight back on Wiktionary
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"word": "taistella"
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"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "contraatacar"
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"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
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"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
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"word": "taistella vastaan"
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"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
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"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "巻き返す"
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"word": "kontratakować"
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"sense": "to repress; to struggle to repress",
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"word": "pidättää"
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"sense": "sports: to overturn a losing deficit",
"word": "nousta voittoon"
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