fight off

Other forms: fought off; fighting off; fights off

Definitions of fight off
  1. verb
    force or drive back
    “fight off the onslaught”
    synonyms: drive back, rebuff, repel, repulse
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    type of:
    defend, fight, fight back, fight down, oppose
    fight against or resist strongly
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