fight off
Verb
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Verb
- To succeed in defeating a challenge, or an attack.
- The platoon fought off the guerilla attack.
- The actor John Smith hopes to fight off the other nominees for the Golden Globe award.
- To resist, particularly an infection or an emotion.
- I'm fighting off the 'flu at the moment.
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