"fight off" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "fights off",
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        "present",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fighting off",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fought off",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fought off",
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    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The platoon fought off the guerilla attack.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The actor John Smith hopes to fight off the other nominees for the Golden Globe award.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To succeed in defeating a challenge, or an attack."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "defeat",
          "defeat"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm fighting off the 'flu at the moment.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To resist, particularly an infection or an emotion."
      ],
      "id": "en-fight_off-en-verb--xDVC-jX",
      "links": [
        [
          "resist",
          "resist"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To fight (someone) aggressively."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, Caribbean) To fight (someone) aggressively."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Caribbean",
        "slang"
      ]
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  ],
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  "word": "fight off"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fights off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fighting off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fought off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fought off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "The platoon fought off the guerilla attack.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The actor John Smith hopes to fight off the other nominees for the Golden Globe award.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To succeed in defeating a challenge, or an attack."
      ],
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        [
          "defeat",
          "defeat"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "I'm fighting off the 'flu at the moment.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To resist, particularly an infection or an emotion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resist",
          "resist"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Caribbean English",
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fight (someone) aggressively."
      ],
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        "(slang, Caribbean) To fight (someone) aggressively."
      ],
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        "Caribbean",
        "slang"
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    }
  ],
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