putting up a fight
Not yielding easily
Putting up a fight means resisting rather than surrendering or accepting defeat easily.
Someone might put up a fight against an attacker, a disease, or a decision they oppose.
The phrase implies active opposition even when odds are unfavorable: The team was outmatched but put up a good fight.
She didn't put up much of a fight when they canceled her project.
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- partisanBiased toward one side
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- tooth and nailWith desperate intensity
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
opposition · counterinsurgency · revolt · defiance · contestation · scrappiness · perseverance · retaliation · warrior · standing your ground · resilience · never say die · fortitude · civil disobedience · grit · boycott · tenacity · valor
putting up a fightsurrendering
Ceasing to resist
giving up · capitulating · yielding · submitting · caving in
putting up a fightwalking away
Departing on foot
backing down · retreating · fleeing · running away · quitting
putting up a fightcooperating
Working jointly toward goals
complying · going along · making peace · accommodating · appeasing
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