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hold back
(Idiomatic) to delay, especially in school
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  1. (Idiomatic) to delay, especially in school
  2. (Idiomatic) to contain; stop
resist
To oppose actively; fight, argue, or work against
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  1. To oppose actively; fight, argue, or work against
  2. To refuse to cooperate with, submit to, etc.
  3. To withstand; oppose; fend off; stand firm against; withstand the action of
repulse
To rebuff or reject with rudeness, coldness, or denial.
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  1. To rebuff or reject with rudeness, coldness, or denial.
  2. (Usage Problem) To cause repugnance or distaste in:
  3. To repel with discourtesy, coldness, indifference, etc.; refuse, reject, or rebuff
Find another word for fight-off. In this page you can discover 6 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for fight-off, like: fend-off, hold back, resist, repulse, defend and repel.

Sentence Examples

  • At barely ten years old, he'd been too weak to fight off full-grown men, too weak to protect her.

  • She had no micro, no genetically engineered body or weapons to fight off anything that came at them.

  • Help sent from Athens was diverted to Crete, and after much manoeuvring Phormio .was compelled to fight off Naupactus.

  • He fought in the naval fight off Sluys and in the one off Winchelsea in 1350; he led armies into Scotland, Gascony and Normandy, his exploits in Gascony in 1345 and 1346 being especially successful; he served frequently under Edward III.

  • He appears to have served in France in 1346, and in August 1350 took part in the naval fight off Sluys.

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