fight off

English

Verb

fight off (see inflection at fight)

  1. To succeed in defeating a challenge, or an attack.
    The platoon fought off the guerilla attack.
    The actor John Smith hopes to fight off the other nominees for the Golden Globe award.
  2. To resist, particularly an infection or an emotion.
    I'm fighting off the 'flu at the moment.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.