fight on

phrasal verb

fought on; fighting on; fights on

: to continue fighting

He vowed that he would fight on alone.

Examples of fight on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For those who fought on the side of the South and were displaced, the wounds from the war remain unhealed. —Quyen Do, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024

Avion Evans was killed just before 4 p.m. Thursday when a male fired several shots at a group of teenagers who were fighting on the Brookland station’s outdoor platform, police said. —Emily Davies, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024

But with Russian forces still inside the country and millions of Ukrainians displaced from their homes, fighting on the frontlines, or living overseas, there is no election in sight. —Andrew Carey, Olga Voitovych, and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024

Among recent high-profile incidents, a man was shot by his own gun during a fight on a crowded subway train earlier this month. —Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2024

Fierce rebellion The junta has been fighting on multiple fronts to try to contain uprisings around the country and stabilize an economy that has wilted since the coup. —Reuters, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024

The first fight on the UFC 300 card pits two former champions against each other. —Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024

For several years, these groups fought on the same side as Washington to drive ISIS from Iraq and Syria. —Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 26 Mar. 2024

But in Ukraine, where many technicians, construction workers and industry experts are fighting on the front lines, automation may help counter labor shortages, said Olga Gavura, managing partner at 7CI Group, a contractor on Project Hive. —Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024