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{
"etymology_text": "From fight and back.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fights back",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fighting back",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"participle",
"past"
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},
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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],
"glosses": [
"to defend oneself by fighting."
],
"id": "en-fight_back-en-verb-8dqtKTrt",
"links": [
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"defend",
"defend"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) to defend oneself by fighting."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to defend oneself by fighting",
"word": "taistella"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defend oneself by fighting",
"word": "difendersi"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defend oneself by fighting",
"word": "contrastare"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defend oneself by fighting",
"word": "combattere"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to defend oneself by fighting",
"word": "renītor"
}
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2015 June 9, “Women’s World Cup 2015: England beaten by France in Group F opener”, in The Guardian (London)",
"text": "With Scott and the outstanding Claire Rafferty in particular fighting back, all was not lost.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2021 August 25, Richard Foster, “The rise and fall of railway's Big Four...”, in RAIL, number 938, pages 54–55",
"text": "The 1928 Royal Commission on Transport not only set some controls for the road haulage industry, it also gave the railway companies the opportunity to fight back.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to counterattack; to resist an attack."
],
"id": "en-fight_back-en-verb-uqBCLPe2",
"links": [
[
"attack",
"attack"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) to counterattack; to resist an attack."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "contraatacar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "kontraŭataki"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "taistella"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "taistella vastaan"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "tehdä vastahyökkäys"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "contre-attaquer"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "antepitíthemai",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "αντεπιτίθεμαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "antepitíthemai",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "ἀντεπιτίθεμαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "contrattaccare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "makikaesu",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "巻き返す"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "contra-atacar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "kontratakować"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "contra-atacar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 97 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "contraatacar"
}
]
},
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{
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"name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (back)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She tried to fight back her laughter."
}
],
"glosses": [
"to repress; to struggle to repress."
],
"id": "en-fight_back-en-verb-5pZrPa7y",
"links": [
[
"repress",
"repress"
],
[
"struggle",
"struggle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) to repress; to struggle to repress."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 97 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to repress; to struggle to repress",
"word": "taistella vastaan"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 97 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to repress; to struggle to repress",
"word": "pidättää"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 97 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to repress; to struggle to repress",
"word": "reprimere"
}
]
},
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],
"glosses": [
"to overturn a losing deficit."
],
"id": "en-fight_back-en-verb-ib6Sfiyv",
"links": [
[
"overturn",
"overturn"
],
[
"deficit",
"deficit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, in sports) to overturn a losing deficit."
],
"raw_tags": [
"in sports"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 2 2 89",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sports: to overturn a losing deficit",
"word": "nousta voittoon"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 2 2 89",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sports: to overturn a losing deficit",
"word": "contrattaccare"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/faɪt bæk/"
},
{
"ipa": "[fʌɪt bæk]",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "fight back"
}
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"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs with particle (back)",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English verbs"
],
"etymology_text": "From fight and back.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fights back",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fighting back",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "fought back",
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{
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to defend oneself by fighting."
],
"links": [
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"defend",
"defend"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) to defend oneself by fighting."
],
"tags": [
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],
"examples": [
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"ref": "2015 June 9, “Women’s World Cup 2015: England beaten by France in Group F opener”, in The Guardian (London)",
"text": "With Scott and the outstanding Claire Rafferty in particular fighting back, all was not lost.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2021 August 25, Richard Foster, “The rise and fall of railway's Big Four...”, in RAIL, number 938, pages 54–55",
"text": "The 1928 Royal Commission on Transport not only set some controls for the road haulage industry, it also gave the railway companies the opportunity to fight back.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to counterattack; to resist an attack."
],
"links": [
[
"attack",
"attack"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) to counterattack; to resist an attack."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
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"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She tried to fight back her laughter."
}
],
"glosses": [
"to repress; to struggle to repress."
],
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[
"repress",
"repress"
],
[
"struggle",
"struggle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) to repress; to struggle to repress."
],
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},
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"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to overturn a losing deficit."
],
"links": [
[
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[
"deficit",
"deficit"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, in sports) to overturn a losing deficit."
],
"raw_tags": [
"in sports"
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}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/faɪt bæk/"
},
{
"ipa": "[fʌɪt bæk]",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to defend oneself by fighting",
"word": "taistella"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defend oneself by fighting",
"word": "difendersi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defend oneself by fighting",
"word": "contrastare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to defend oneself by fighting",
"word": "combattere"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to defend oneself by fighting",
"word": "renītor"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "contraatacar"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "kontraŭataki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "taistella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "taistella vastaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "tehdä vastahyökkäys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "contre-attaquer"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "antepitíthemai",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "αντεπιτίθεμαι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "antepitíthemai",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "ἀντεπιτίθεμαι"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "contrattaccare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "makikaesu",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "巻き返す"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "contra-atacar"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "kontratakować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "contra-atacar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to counterattack; to resist an attack",
"word": "contraatacar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to repress; to struggle to repress",
"word": "taistella vastaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to repress; to struggle to repress",
"word": "pidättää"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to repress; to struggle to repress",
"word": "reprimere"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sports: to overturn a losing deficit",
"word": "nousta voittoon"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sports: to overturn a losing deficit",
"word": "contrattaccare"
}
],
"word": "fight back"
}
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