fighting off
Warding away threats
Fighting off is resisting or repelling something that threatens.
You fight off an attacker, an infection, or sleep.
The phrase implies sustained effort against an adversary or force that keeps coming: She's fighting off a cold, He fought off three muggers.
To fight off can also mean to suppress: fighting off the urge to cry.
- resistOppose or refuse compliance
- defendProtect from harm
- holding backPreventing forward movement
- thwartPrevent success of
- parryDefensive blade deflection
block · repel · fend off · ward off · staving off · beating back · combating · antibodies · countering · overcoming · struggle · embattled · sleep deprivation · tenacity · resilience · withstand · immunity · vaccination
fighting offletting in
Allowing to enter
allowing · accepting · relenting · folding · throwing in the towel
fighting offdrawing in
Pulling inward or sketching
attracting · beckoning · luring · enticing · summoning
fighting offwelcoming
Receiving others warmly
embracing · receiving · accepting · attracting · drawing in
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