fight with

verb

fought with; fighting with; fights with

1

: to fight against (someone or something)

He fought with his wife over/about money.

The U.S. fought with Germany in World Wars I and II.

He fought with several worthy opponents.

2

: to fight on the same side as (someone or something)

The U.S. fought (together) with the Soviet Union in World War II.

3

: to fight by using (something, such as a weapon)

They were fighting with knives.

They fought with their fists.

Examples of fight with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Six former child soldiers who were abducted and forced to fight with the Rapid Support Forces, known as the RSF, spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. — Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

Director Joss Whedon has spoken before about behind-the-scenes fights with Marvel, and those creative disagreements are evident in Ultron’s disjointed action scenes and messy tone. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

Everybody gets a chance to bicker and puff their chest or almost get in a fight with somebody else in the room and reacquaint themselves with the audience. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2026

This time, in the middle of the afternoon on Friday, in a tourist and family hotspot, a man was stabbed and rushed to the hospital after a fight with another man, police say. — Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026