use your pent-up anger to fight back : RETALIATE, counter-attack, strike back, hit back, respond, reciprocate, return fire, give tit for tat; formal requite something.
she fought back tears. : See fight verb sense 7.
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FIGHT BACK
Meaning of FIGHT BACK in English
Concise Oxford thesaurus English vocabulary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка тезаурус. 2012