You fight off boarding aliens as you try to stay alive.
In 2005, Eric played a character named Hero in a movie called Feast, in which the customers of a bar have to fight off monsters.
The pressure to be thin and fit certainly affects the men, but it's the ladies who fight off the most gossip and criticism about their added pounds.
As a dog's system becomes more run down, it's harder to fight off secondary infections such as skin infections.
Vets can only provide supportive measures to keep your dog going while his immune system tries to fight off the virus.