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contend - be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" |
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fight,
struggle |
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drive back,
fight off,
rebuff,
repel,
repulse reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"
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bear down exert a force or cause a strain upon; "This tax bears down on the lower middle class"
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fistfight fight with the fists; "The man wanted to fist-fight"
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join battle engage in a conflict; "The battle over health care reform was joined"
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tug struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts"
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defend,
fight,
fight back,
fight down,
oppose argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"
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get back,
settle take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
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fight back defend oneself
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battle,
combat battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
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war make or wage war
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assail,
attack attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
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duel fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman; "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters"
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joust joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback
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chicken-fight,
chickenfight fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders
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tourney engage in a tourney
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feud carry out a feud; "The two professors have been feuding for years"
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skirmish engage in a skirmish
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bandy discuss lightly; "We bandied around these difficult questions"
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fence fight with fencing swords
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box engage in a boxing match
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spar fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"
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scuffle,
tussle fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle"
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wrestle engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years"
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engage,
wage get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged"
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contend - maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future" |
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claim take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"
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