fight back

verb

fought back; fighting back; fights back

1

: to attack or try to defeat someone who is attacking or trying to defeat oneself

We can't just let them make these accusations against us. We need to fight back!

2

: to make a new effort against an opponent

They fell behind early in the game, but they were able to fight back and tie the score in the second half.

Examples of fight back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So how are traditional media companies trying to fight back? — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026

For Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester, who fights back tears in the episodes, the experiment is incomplete. — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 24 June 2026

Mollie Marsh-Heine, chief development officer at the Natural Resources Defense Council, says donors at all giving levels responded well to appeals to help the environmental organization fight back against the current administration’s hostility toward environmental regulations. — ABC News, 23 June 2026

The lingering question raised but unanswered in the profile is how long Bunch can or will want to continue to fight back. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 23 June 2026

Rhymes for fight back

• aback
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback
• cutback