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What is another word for
fight back
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▲
To attack or fight back in response to an attack
To exact revenge on someone
To oppose or defend against something hostile
To constrain the movement or progress of
To talk back or reply impertinently
To struggle or fight back when attacked
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▲
Verb
▲
To attack or fight back in response to an attack
counterattack
respond
reply
react
rally
riposte
strike back
return fire
put up a fight
retaliate
reciprocate
counter
charge
challenge
counteract
answer
retort
return
rejoin
hit back at
hit back
parry
counterwork
hurl back
come back
round on someone
fling back
snap back
say in response
answer back
acknowledge
come back with
talk back
shoot back
rebut
feedback
squelch
write back
get back to
bite back
field the question
be in touch
communicate
declare
state
report
pass
make reply
make a riposte
make a response
arrive at
come to
crack
sass
repay
requite
snap
zing
top
explain
resolve
clarify
qualify
remark
elucidate
claim
settle
comeback
say
come back at
reply to
make a rejoinder
respond to
speak in response
react to
write back to
back talk
get back at
give a snappy comeback
echo
backtalk
RSVP
make an answer
give as good as one gets
follow up
take the bait
rise to the bait
“I couldn't let myself be attacked again. I had to
fight back
this time.”
Verb
▲
To exact revenge on someone
retaliate
reciprocate
avenge
requite
venge
revenge
even the score
pay back
get even
return like for like
hit back
give someone their comeuppance
give as good as one gets
give tit for tat
let someone see how it feels
exact retribution
get back at
revenge oneself
return the compliment
get back at someone
give someone a taste of their own medicine
settle the score
give someone a dose of their own medicine
exact revenge
wreak revenge
give someone a Roland for an Oliver
serve out
avenge oneself
get your own back
take revenge
pay out
take an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
take an eye for an eye
get even with
turn the tables on
be revenged
turn the tables
give someone their just deserts
have one's revenge
settle accounts
take reprisals
repay
wreak revenge on
exact revenge on
take revenge on
retaliate on
retaliate against
take reprisals against
take vengeance on
settle a score with
get
take vengeance
settle the score with
counterattack
redress
give like for like
react
get revenge
pay someone back in their own coin
make reprisal
rise to the bait
get even for
strike back
return fire
settle a score
put up a fight
reply
take the bait
respond
get you back
get square
sort out
demand an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
return tit for tat
fix someone
square accounts
wreak vengeance
turn upon
give as good as you get
recompense
counter
kick back
pay back in spades
seek payback for
exact revenge for
make reprisal for
take reprisals for
give comeuppance
make retaliation for
vindicate
settle with
get your own back for
take an eye for an eye for
get redress for
settle up
recriminate
square things up
get satisfaction for
give just desserts
take vengeance for
pay someone back for
get revenge for
take revenge for
fix one's wagon
get revenge on
retaliate for
repay in kind for
hit back for
be out for blood
get your own back on
even the score for
get even with someone for
stick it to
be revenged on
be avenged
punish
hit back at
pay someone back in his
make restitution
settle accounts with
get someone
square
make somebody pay
settle old scores
fix
wreak vengeance on
hurt
cook someone's goose
take retribution
square with
take retribution on
deal with
settle someone's hash
bewreak
take satisfaction for
take satisfaction
come back at
chasten
spite
payback
retribute
chastise
reply to
controvert
respond to
react to
get back
defend oneself against
strike back at
more ❯
“It is this sacrifice of life that is often the most effective against the warlike nations of the world, for they naturally expect all to
fight back
in vengeance.”
Verb
▲
To oppose or defend against something hostile
repel
rebut
resist
repulse
oppose
counter
retaliate
defend
beat off
fight off
fend off
push back
ward off
stave off
turn away
defend yourself
turn back
defend against
put up a fight
thrust back
see off
force away
send packing
hold back
drive back
keep off
put to flight
foil
nix
hold off
drive away
check
deter
brush off
frustrate
force back
beat back
set back
keep at bay
deflect
parry
rebuff
avert
keep at arm's length
fence
block
turn aside
hold at bay
protect against
keep away
guard
prevent
screen
bulwark
stop
forfend
keep
ward
fend
shield against
safeguard against
secure against
defend oneself against
chase away
guard against
protect
shield
safeguard
secure
intercept
obstruct
cover
send away
knock down
drive off
force off
stand off
bypass
anticipate
discourage
avoid
shield yourself from
keep at a distance
head off
stand up for
more ❯
“They combined their powers to
fight back
against the incoming swordsmen.”
Verb
▲
To constrain the movement or progress of
restrain
suppress
stifle
repress
check
smother
curb
contain
control
swallow
muffle
strangle
gag
silence
hold back
choke back
keep back
rein in
keep in check
keep under control
bottle up
button up
cork up
keep the lid on
hold in
bite back
inhibit
withhold
sink
submerge
pocket
conceal
bridle
hide
gulp back
constrain
quench
cork
keep a lid on
restrict
frustrate
choke
squelch
hold down
bite one's lip
impede
retard
limit
overcome
suffocate
hinder
block
overpower
moderate
govern
hold
quash
quell
regulate
tame
snuff
compose
cool
subdue
kill
extinguish
cover up
keep a tight rein on
collect
muzzle
simmer down
stem the flow of
hush up
slow down
keep in
master
stop
resist
fight
hold in check
keep a rein on
deaden
put a lid on
keep feeling inside oneself
keep secret
shut in
box up
gulp
conquer
keep under wraps
bottle
internalise
UK
internalize
US
jam up
shush
keep inside
black out
keep within bounds
discipline
trammel
keep lid on
freeze
peg
box in
cool down
put the brakes on
cut back
put a limit on
cool off
keep tight rein on
bring to screeching halt
entrammel
deter
measure
keep
fetter
curtail
tie up
rule
bar
delay
thwart
obstruct
stem
foil
hamper
rein
pause
prevent
neutralize
US
reduce
terminate
interrupt
cut short
bottleneck
staunch
counteract
repulse
discourage
rebuff
circumvent
neutralise
UK
brake
checkmate
play for time
put a brake on
put a spoke in someone's wheel
interfere with
stand in the way of
nip in the bud
pull in
slacken pace
bring to a standstill
lessen
diminish
handicap
encumber
decrease
stymie
cramp
arrest
hamstring
slow
hold up
lower
shackle
clog
hobble
ease
temper
abate
baulk
UK
halt
mitigate
balk
US
soften
tone down
embarrass
dampen
handcuff
cumber
hog-tie
lighten
confine
manacle
short-circuit
squash
damp
allay
weaken
dull
blunt
cut
cut down
calm
damp down
alleviate
drop
mute
cut off
forestall
stall
minimize
US
contract
taper
stay
put a stop to
quiet
de-escalate
slash
cripple
minimise
UK
shrink
attenuate
ebb
bork
put an end to
downsize
hang up
throw a spanner in the works
prohibit
assuage
oppose
straiten
depreciate
still
cushion
set back
mellow
slacken
take the edge off
baffle
crush
scale down
cap
decrement
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
depress
wind down
delimit
detain
downscale
derail
stamp out
crimp
tie
relieve
disrupt
mollify
dwindle
keep down
soothe
stonewall
modulate
wane
shut down
tail off
dam
avert
stave off
ward off
circumscribe
crack down on
tranquilize
US
get in the way of
shut off
close off
constrict
impair
get in the way
peter out
pare down
ease off
put a damper on
intercept
debar
trim
cramp one's style
tranquillise
UK
settle
quelch
let up
decline
head off
fend off
interdict
slow up
modify
soft-pedal
clamp down on
bring down
choke off
dial down
devaluate
palliate
interfere
erode
dry up
clip
drop off
qualify
entangle
relax
suspend
put off
subside
rein back
put the kibosh on
take the sting out
roll back
sabotage
fix
decelerate
shut out
mark down
destroy
take down
stanch
step down
put the lid on
discontinue
plug
pacify
shorten
make cutbacks in
wear away
wear down
deflate
sandbag
close
scupper
placate
dock
fall off
narrow down
slack off
divert
degrade
leash
sap
undermine
deplete
prune
retardate
postpone
stopper
bind
set limits on
impose limits on
ration
throttle
minify
pare
close out
clog up
put down
remit
stop up
dent
retrench
slump
block up
close up
snuff out
block out
hold off
fade
dulcify
knock down
take the bite out
waste
decay
droop
degenerate
bog down
block off
plug up
put damper on
taper off
slap down
crack down
run down
cut back on
give a hard time
whittle down
lick
evaporate
deteriorate
crumble
wither
shrivel
deny
lull
run low
die down
calm down
lose edge
obviate
abridge
adjust
abbreviate
enjoin
defeat
truncate
censor
barricade
bound
preclude
withstand
forbid
stunt
set
shake
end
let
caulk
disempower
gentle
mire
faze
shelve
elide
blockade
syncopate
chill
benumb
jam
narrow
crab
drown
burden
help
keep in line
stuff
numb
quieten
seal
dilute
avoid
defer
hold off on
temperate
fill
harsh
get the better of
intermit
tie down
obscure
hem in
congest
weigh down
chain
save
contravene
couch
choke up
cramp someone's style
put half nelson on
bung up
occlude
bring under control
turn off
place a limit on
get rid of
downgrade
drag your feet
put back
make less intense
get under control
back off
defend against
put a ceiling on
mark off
slim down
be a hindrance to
turn aside
trim back
trim down
phase down
ratchet down
clamp down
play down
re-collect
drain
rebate
monitor
straitjacket
rally
corner
recover
inspect
manage
devitalize
intern
proscribe
shave
sate
tail away
dissuade from
fill up
counter
fend
prelimit
clobber
pack
gain control over
gain mastery over
revise
nix
cauterize
US
slake
abase
sidetrack
appease
demarcate
ban
disallow
stand off
cease
bung
buttress
tie someone's hands
discomfit
rattle
evade
catch
abolish
enmesh
net
ensnare
capture
disadvantage
dumb
disconcert
cheapen
protract
absorb
snag
indispose
cauterise
UK
subvert
nullify
circumnavigate
clam
mothball
immobilize
US
immobilise
UK
put straitjacket on
tether
hush
tongue-tie
ice
sideline
set a limit on
mince
break
lapse
throw monkey wrench in
prorogue
strangle at birth
screen
keep control of
complicate
refuse
lay off
sidestep
skirt
phase out
estop
round down
keep on a string
lag
prolong
prevent from making progress
inc
torpedo
defuse
make weaker
put a crimp in
foul up
screw up
spoil
peter
conciliate
queer someone's pitch
throw a spoke in the wheel of
louse up
loiter
procrastinate
embog
reef
specify
demark
prescribe
recede
fall
not allow to go beyond
keep within the limits of
put at a disadvantage
make late
hold over
discount
economize
US
economise
UK
place at a disadvantage
act against
soak up
inconvenience
put on hold
put on ice
give disadvantage
take out
delimitate
define
girdle
saddle with
plummet
plunge
relent
dummy up
shut up
debilitate
bate
put out of commission
comfort
ameliorate
sweeten
satisfy
bring an end to
throw cold water on
monkey with
make less active
wipe out
destabilize
US
work against
compromise
damage
bring into line
lay down the law to someone
make reductions in
retrench on
salami-slice
pour cold water on
propitiate
back-water
lose speed
lose steam
keep waiting
anchor it
take the bite out of
take the sting out of
scale back
take the heat off
pall
undervalue
quieten down
demoralize
US
make reasonable
meet halfway
cool out
clot
steer clear of
pick off
keep within limits
fix up
take sting out
patch things up
blur
decimate
hit the brakes
let down flaps
forfend
devalue
emasculate
put paid to
bring to an end
bring to a stop
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
head off at pass
cut down on
draw the line on
bog
become smaller
cut in
die out
become less
grow smaller
die away
fall away
grow less
take away
drain away
demoralise
UK
botch
destabilise
UK
challenge
shut
put the stopper on
bring to a halt
do for
forbid to
sit on
pull back
deduct
write down
reconcile
infringe
disturb
tie one's hands
drag through the mud
clip one's wings
queer the pitch of
conserve
budget
write off
subtract
take tough action
come down on
poke full of holes
encroach on
humble
axe
UK
disgrade
demerit
drive down
pre-empt
cut out
lock out
gum up
cow
reclaim
bust
rule out
ax
US
extenuate
amortise
UK
whittle
cast down
balm
amortize
US
make smaller
tighten
make less
limit to a fixed amount
restrict the consumption of
water down
smooth down
get a grip on
crop
lop
chop
outlaw
ward
boil down
tighten up
break off
put a restriction on
put on brakes
more ❯
“This was one way to
fight back
against the incoming wave of pastoralism.”
Verb
▲
To talk back or reply impertinently
answer back
retort
riposte
counter
argue
cheek
quibble
react
respond
retaliate
contradict
defy
sass
argue with
talk back
be sassy to
come back
talk back to
be cheeky to
be impertinent to
mouth off
respond cheekily to
be cheeky
be impertinent
be rude
answer defiantly
answer impertinently
disagree with
sass back
wise off
come back at
backchat
backtalk
back talk
give lip
answer back to
Verb
▲
To struggle or fight back when attacked
resist
fight
combat
repel
challenge
counterattack
assail
assault
attack
battle
contest
duel
battle against
struggle against
fight against
hold off
struggle with
contend with
face up to
fend off
stand up to
keep at bay
put up a fight against
remain firm
stand firm
turn down
ward off
hold out against
put up a fight
hold one's ground against
stand one's ground against
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