"fight off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: fights off [present, singular, third-person], fighting off [participle, present], fought off [participle, past], fought off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fight<,,fought> off}} fight off (third-person singular simple present fights off, present participle fighting off, simple past and past participle fought off)
  1. To succeed in defeating a challenge, or an attack.
    Sense id: en-fight_off-en-verb-OfUQDlVa
  2. To resist, particularly an infection or an emotion.
    Sense id: en-fight_off-en-verb--xDVC-jX
  3. (slang, Caribbean) To fight (someone) aggressively. Tags: Caribbean, slang Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-fight_off-en-verb-UNRcbIEK Disambiguation of Violence: 23 30 48 Categories (other): Caribbean English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 6 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 7 74 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 28 12 60 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 8 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 9 57

Inflected forms

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        "To succeed in defeating a challenge, or an attack."
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