fight back

phrasal 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

When some companies make fixing their items almost impossible, community organizations and activists are fighting back to help remedy the issue and the broken system. —Sophie Liza Cannon, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025

But Minnesota fought back, plating two on a Byron Buxon home run in the third inning to take a 2-1 lead. —Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025

Some school administrators and civil rights advocates have fought back, saying these mandates violate students' rights. —Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 28 June 2025

English focused on Poland because the country had a long history of underground revolutionary culture; when the USSR turned independent Poland into a client state known as the People’s Republic of Poland, the Poles already knew how to go underground to fight back. —Valorie Castellanos Clark, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025

Rhymes for fight back

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