Fight /(fīt)/

Fight

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Fought; p. pr. & vb. n. Fighting

To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against.
You do fight against your country's foes.
— Shak.

To fight with thee no man of arms will deign.
— Milton.
To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.

To fight shy: to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach.

v. t.

To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause.
He had to fight his way through the world.
— Macaulay.

I have fought a good fight.
— 2 Tim. iv. 7.
To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours.
To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.

To fight it out: to fight until a decisive and conclusive result is reached.

A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc.
Who now defies thee thrice to single fight.
— Milton.
A struggle or contest of any kind.
Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him. [Colloq.]
A screen for the combatants in ships. [Obs.]
Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare.
— Dryden.

Running fight: a fight in which the enemy is continually chased; also, one which continues without definite end or result.