"put up a fight" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: puts up a fight [present, singular, third-person], putting up a fight [participle, present], put up a fight [participle, past], put up a fight [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> up a fight}} put up a fight (third-person singular simple present puts up a fight, present participle putting up a fight, simple past and past participle put up a fight)
  1. To offer some form of resistance to an attack. Translations (to offer some form of resistance to an attack): taistella vastaan (Finnish), tapella vastaan (Finnish), laittaa vastaan (Finnish), stawiać opór [imperfective] (Polish), stawić opór [perfective] (Polish), göra motstånd (Swedish), streta emot (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-put_up_a_fight-en-verb-VBQaezDL Disambiguation of 'to offer some form of resistance to an attack': 99 1
  2. (figuratively) To protest or make a fuss, especially over a proposed course of action. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-put_up_a_fight-en-verb-UCCg8LZF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90

Inflected forms

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