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What is another word for
putting up a fight
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Present participle for to get ready for a fight, especially by adopting a fighting stance
Present participle for to engage in forceful or violent confrontations
Present participle for to attack or fight back in response to an attack
Present participle for to exchange or express diverging or opposite views, typically in a heated or angry way
Present participle for to fight with or against
Present participle for to complain or protest about something
Present participle for to struggle or fight back when attacked
Present participle for to oppose or defend against something hostile
Present participle for to express an objection to what someone has said or done
Present participle for to disagree with or dispute
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Present participle for to get ready for a fight, especially by adopting a fighting stance
putting up your fists
standing your ground
making a stand
squaring up
taking up the challenge
taking up the gauntlet
Verb
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Present participle for to engage in forceful or violent confrontations
struggling
fighting
brawling
grappling
scuffling
sparring
wrestling
clashing
scrapping
coming to blows
contending
exchanging blows
jostling
trading punches
altercating
assaulting
attacking
confronting
dueling
US
duelling
UK
duking it out
jousting
manhandling
roughhousing
tackling
tussling
wrangling
battling
boxing
combatting
combating
cuffing
engaging
feuding
skirmishing
bumping heads
going for each other
going up against
having a fight
raising your fists
slugging it out
starting fighting
taking on
tangling
contesting
scrimmaging
rowing
rassling
conflicting
locking horns
having a set-to
having a punch-up
having a dust-up
vying
competing
crossing swords
striving
warring
waging war
jockeying
racing
doing battle
challenging
pushing
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
stoushing
swedging
going to war
colliding
jockeying for position
going for
going the knuckle
squabbling
opposing
rivalling
UK
rivaling
US
facing
encountering
disputing
scrambling
tilting
engaging in hostilities
emulating
tugging
hitting each other
going after
going head to head
clashing with
scrambling for
going for broke
fighting like Kilkenny cats
exchanging blows with
coming to blows with
scrapping with
laying into
doing battle with
mixing it up
romping
slugging
making war
mounting an attack
coming into conflict
having a row
playing off
squaring off
broiling
setting to
carrying on hostilities
engaging in combat
fighting like cat and dog
campaigning against
taking up arms
engaging in fisticuffs
bucking
rumbling
caterwauling
assaulting each other
scrimmaging with
punching each other
engaging in conflict
traversing
skirmishing with
protecting
attacking each other
locking antlers
warring against
sparring with
tasting battle
taking the field
plying weapons
bearing arms
racing with
bandying with
taking all comers
racing against
lighting to
carrying on war
taking up the gauntlet
flaring up
brushing with
arguing
fighting nastily
bickering
going at it hammer and tongs
trying
bandying
fencing
essaying
bidding
attempting
striving against
struggling against
matching strength
going up against in contest
participating in
matching wits
pitching oneself against
pitting oneself against
coping with
seeking prize
running for
going for the gold
trying to beat
engaging with
battling with
tussling with
closing with
struggling with
meeting
resisting
withstanding
running
oppugning
controverting
standing
coping
litigating
joining battle
tangling with
pushing for
shooting at
nominating yourself
dealing with
having at
shooting for
going for jugular
knocking oneself out
putting up with
going for it
putting yourself forward
making play for
giving your all
giving all one's got
mixing it up with
more ❯
Verb
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Present participle for to attack or fight back in response to an attack
fighting back
counterattacking
responding
replying
reacting
rallying
riposting
striking back
returning fire
retaliating
reciprocating
taking an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
getting even
exacting retribution
giving tit for tat
getting back at someone
taking reprisals
letting someone see how it feels
hitting back
wreaking revenge
settling the score
getting your own back
getting revenge
returning the compliment
taking revenge
paying out
paying back
giving someone a taste of their own medicine
revenging oneself
avenging oneself
taking an eye for an eye
giving someone their comeuppance
paying someone back in their own coin
evening the score
settling accounts
returning like for like
giving someone a Roland for an Oliver
repaying
rising to the bait
giving someone a dose of their own medicine
giving as good as one gets
settling a score
exacting revenge
charging
challenging
requiting
avenging
redressing
revenging
venging
turning upon
squaring accounts
making reprisal
countering
getting back at
getting even with
getting even for
wreaking vengeance
turning the tables on
recompensing
giving as good as you get
taking the bait
getting
counteracting
hitting back at
counterworking
parrying
controverting
reacting to
defending oneself against
getting back
striking back at
retaliating against
responding to
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Verb
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Present participle for to exchange or express diverging or opposite views, typically in a heated or angry way
arguing
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
fighting
disputing
rowing
squabbling
bickering
disagreeing
wrangling
feuding
altercating
clashing
scrapping
quibbling
sparring
spatting
differing
dissenting
argufying
brawling
controverting
hassling
jarring
tiffing
battling
brabbling
pettifogging
rehashing
sassing
bandying words
falling out
having an argument
having a row
locking horns
argy-bargying
bumping heads
crossing swords
facing down
hammering away
hashing over
having words
knocking around
setting to
talking back
verbally fighting
having at it
picking an argument
socking it to
sticking it to
getting in one's face
going one on one
having at each other
mixing it up
putting up a struggle
jumping on each other
fighting like cat and dog
going at it hammer and tongs
Verb
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Present participle for to fight with or against
combatting
combating
battling
contesting
engaging
fighting
attacking
confronting
facing
rivalling
UK
rivaling
US
clashing with
contending with
crossing swords with
scrimmaging with
skirmishing with
warring against
grappling with
waging war against
taking on
competing against
contending against
doing battle with
facing up to
fighting back against
going up against
standing up to
vying with
facing off against
locking horns with
struggling against
coming to blows with
shooting it out with
taking up arms against
Verb
▲
Present participle for to complain or protest about something
squawking
complaining
grumbling
moaning
griping
grousing
whingeing
whining
carping
beefing
grouching
bleating
bellyaching
grizzling
fussing
muttering
wailing
nagging
screaming
growling
inveighing
keening
grumping
kvetching
murmuring
caterwauling
repining
hollering
whimpering
crabbing
squealing
yowling
croaking
kicking
maundering
yammering
yawping
yauping
objecting
protesting
mithering
kicking up a fuss
taking exception
kicking up a stink
expressing disapproval
raising objections
making a stand
taking a stand
raising Cain
screaming bloody murder
crying
yelping
shrieking
howling
bawling
yelling
screeching
groaning
squalling
chuntering
shouting
roaring
sounding off
lamenting
bellowing
baying
shrilling
crying out
whooping
calling out
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
creating
calling
finding fault
grieving
bemoaning
bewailing
chirping
ululating
yapping
sniveling
US
snivelling
UK
criticizing
US
thundering
barking
hooting
going on
criticising
UK
deploring
vociferating
clamouring
UK
hallooing
holloing
nattering
cribbing
cheering
clamoring
US
knocking
weeping
making a fuss
finding fault with
remonstrating
yipping
squeaking
nitpicking
cheeping
singing
exclaiming
grunting
peeping
objecting to
speaking out against
plaining over
wauling
singing out
mourning
tweeting
crowing
condemning
piping
cackling
cawing
trilling
quibbling
sounding
niggling
belling
scolding
reproaching
denouncing
snarling
mumbling
opposing
cooeeing
demurring
expostulating
nit-picking
putting the boot in
railing at
picking holes in
lodging a complaint
making a complaint
going on about
speaking loudly
raising your voice
running down
greeting
blubbering
sobbing
woofing
clucking
sighing
sulking
blowing off steam
pleading
snorting
whispering
outcrying
rumbling
screaking
wittering
clacking
mewing
ranting
voicing
blaring
bickering
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
fulminating
talking under your breath
excepting
anathematizing
execrating
cursing
making a big thing out of
making a mountain out of a molehill
making a big thing of
making a meal of
puling
making a thing of
announcing
blustering
spouting
hurling
proclaiming
making a scene
making a song and dance
sorrowing for
sorrowing about
sighing over
grieving over
beefing about
hailing
grouching about
sounding off about
kicking up a fuss about
kicking up a stink about
hissing
bellyaching about
rubbishing
slandering
sniping
maligning
complaining vehemently about
gabbling
trashing
badmouthing
charging
hollering out
shouting out
dissenting
fretting
contravening
indicting
defying
accusing
laying
differing
deprecating
twining
disagreeing
ascribing
imputing
gainsaying
disapproving
refuting
attacking
bad-mouthing
slagging off
pulling to pieces
taking apart
speaking ill of
hypercriticizing
censuring
decrying
oinking
taking exception to
speaking up
expressing concern
showing concern
carrying on
looking askance
inveighing against
disparaging
bothering
warbling
twittering
moaning and groaning
casting aspersions on
doing a hatchet job on
splitting hairs
picking holes
picking at
chirruping
crying loudly
pipping
scritching
tooting
tootling
whistling
chittering
chattering
jargoning
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Verb
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Present participle for to struggle or fight back when attacked
resisting
fighting
combatting
combating
repelling
challenging
counterattacking
assailing
assaulting
attacking
battling
contesting
dueling
US
duelling
UK
battling against
struggling against
fighting against
holding off
struggling with
contending with
facing up to
fending off
standing up to
fighting back
keeping at bay
putting up a fight against
remaining firm
standing firm
turning down
warding off
holding out against
Verb
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Present participle for to oppose or defend against something hostile
fighting back
repelling
rebutting
resisting
repulsing
opposing
countering
retaliating
defending
beating off
fighting off
fending off
warding off
staving off
turning away
defending yourself
turning back
defending against
checking
driving back
driving away
forcing back
deterring
frustrating
seeing off
nixing
sending packing
beating back
keeping at bay
putting to flight
thrusting back
holding off
foiling
holding back
brushing off
setting back
keeping off
forcing away
Verb
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Present participle for to express an objection to what someone has said or done
protesting
objecting
complaining
remonstrating
demurring
disagreeing
dissenting
expostulating
disapproving
opposing
challenging
denouncing
fulminating
griping
inveighing
kicking
railing
disputing
excepting
resisting
revolting
blasting
combatting
combating
fighting
hollering
howling
moaning
rebelling
squawking
taking exception
expressing disapproval
expressing opposition
raising objections
speaking out
taking issue
crying out
expressing disagreement
making a protest
making a stand
sounding off
making a stink
saying no
voicing disapproval
making an objection
taking a stand
inveighing against
kicking against
kicking up a fuss
kicking up a stink
making a fuss
back-talking
saying no to
taking up the cudgels
speaking up
rocking the boat
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disagree with or dispute
dissenting
differing
demurring
disagreeing
disputing
diverging
challenging
disapproving
nonconcurring
objecting
opposing
rejecting
repudiating
abjuring
protesting
rebelling
refusing
renouncing
stickling
arguing
baulking
UK
balking
US
bucking
contradicting
declining
disaccording
discording
dividing
pettifogging
shying
varying
wrangling
arguing with
disagreeing with
objecting to
protesting against
quibbling over
expressing disagreement with
taking issue with
declining to support
expressing disagreement
expressing objection
failing to agree with
refusing to support
breaking with
withholding assent
saying nothing doing
saying no way
putting up an argument
saying not a chance
flying in the face of
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