fight on

phrasal verb

fought on; fighting on; fights on
: to continue fighting
He vowed that he would fight on alone.

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Determining what their specific goals are is necessary before answering that, but Newcastle are still somehow fighting on four fronts. Chris Waugh, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026 The boxer from Brooklyn was fighting on the undercard of the event topped by Teofimo Lopez’s title bout against unbeaten Shakur Stevenson, in what was Miller’s first fight at Madison Square Garden. Isabel Yip, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026 Denmark and Canada fought on the front lines with us and suffered major casualties. Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026 Other cast includes Perah Bar Miniely (False Flag) and first-timer Bar Assraf who served as a tank-gunner in the actual unit the film is inspired by and who fought on October 7th. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fight on

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“Fight on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fight%20on. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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