FIGHT BACK (AGAINST SB/STH)

Meaning of FIGHT BACK (AGAINST SB/STH) in English

to resist strongly or attack sb who has attacked you :

Don't let them bully you. Fight back!

It is time to fight back against street crime.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

BACK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SB — Solomon Islands
Internet Domains English vocabulary
SB — abbreviation bachelor of science, southbound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FIGHT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACK — I. ˈbak noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bak, back, from Old English bæc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AGAINST — I. əˈgen(t)st, -nzt also -ān- or ( less often in stand than in substand speech ) -in- preposition Etymology: Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — I. abbreviation or noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin scientiae baccalaureus Bachelor of Science II. abbreviation 1. sales book …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — symbol Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — abbreviation 1. stilb 2. substantive
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AGAINST — (prep.) In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in …
Английский словарь Webster
AGAINST — ( prep. ) In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SB — Symbol, Chem. antimony. [ stibium ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIGHT — — fightable , adj. — fightability , n. — fightingly , adv. /fuyt/ , n. , v. , fought, fighting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BACK — back 1 — backless , adj. /bak/ , n. 1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AGAINST — /euh genst", euh gaynst"/ , prep. 1. in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIGHT — I. ˈfīt verb ( fought ˈfȯt ; fight·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English feohtan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AGAINST — I. ə-ˈgen(t)st, -ˈgin(t)st, -ˈgān(t)st preposition Etymology: Middle English, alteration of againes, from again Date: 13th century 1. a. : in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — 1. [New Latin scientiae baccalaureus ] bachelor of science 2. southbound
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — substantive
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIGHT
Webster English vocab
BACK
Webster English vocab
AGAINST — prep by of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when. 2. …
Webster English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SB — ■ symbol the chemical element antimony. Origin from L. stibium .
Concise Oxford English vocab
SB — [sb] abbreviation substantive Sb [L stibium] abbreviation antimony SB [NL scientiae baccalaureus] abbreviation bachelor of science; simultaneous broadcast, southbound
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIGHT — [fight] vb fought ; fight.ing [ME, fr. OE feohtan; akin to OHG fehtan to fight and perh. to L pectere …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIGHT — / faɪt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( fought , fought / fɔːt; NAmE /) IN WAR / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — / bæk; NAmE / noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. the part of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGAINST — / əˈgenst; NAmE ; əˈgeɪnst/ preposition HELP NOTE : For the special uses of against in phrasal verbs, look at …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGHT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BACK
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AGAINST — a ‧ gainst S1 W1 /əˈɡenst, əˈɡeɪnst $ əˈɡenst/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: againes 'against' (11-16 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [L stibium]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIGHT
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BACK
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AGAINST — prep. 1 in opposition to (fight against the invaders; am against hanging; arson is against the law). 2 into collision …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIGHT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BACK
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AGAINST — prep. 1 in opposition to (fight against the invaders; am against hanging; arson is against the law). 2 into collision …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [ L stibium ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIGHT
Oxford English vocab
BACK
Oxford English vocab
AGAINST — prep. 1. in opposition to (fight against the invaders; am against hanging; arson is against the law). 2 into collision …
Oxford English vocab
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. Etymology: L stibium
Oxford English vocab
BACK — I. ADVERB USES /bæk/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGHT — ( fights, fighting, fought) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGAINST — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGHT — (~s, ~ing, fought) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FIGHT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AGAINST — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES against all odds (= despite something seeming very unlikely ) ▪ Against all odds, he …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIGHT — [noun] [C]The older boys broke up (= stopped)/started the fight.Have you got tickets for the big fight (= boxing competition)?I …
Cambridge English vocab
AGAINST — (TOUCHING) [preposition] - next to and touching or being supported by (something)It would save space if we put the bed …
Cambridge English vocab
FIGHT — Synonyms and related words : Olympic games, Olympics, a outrance, action, aerial combat, affray, against, aggression, aggressiveness, agonize, altercate, altercation, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
Slang English vocab
AGAINST — adv. butt against inveigh against over against rise against
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AGAINST — adv. Function: preposition 1 directly opposite FF1C; stood against the crowd and shouted for order FF1E; Synonyms: contra, facing, fronting, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AGAINST — preposition 1. directly opposite stood against the crowd and shouted for order Synonyms: contra, facing, fronting, over against, toward, vis-à-vis …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIGHT
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FIGHT
Longman Activator English vocab
FIGHT — See ↑ ARGUE 1, ↑ COMPETE WITH 2, ↑ FIGHT 1,4,6,6,7,9, ↑ VOTE 7, ↑ WAR 2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — See ↑ BACK 1,3,6, ↑ GAMBLING 1, ↑ REACT 2, ↑ RETURN 1, ↑ SUPPORT 3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a …
Longman Activator English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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