fight with

phrasal 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

In his first fight with the promotion, the New Zealander faced a short-notice opponent in Elias Garcia. —Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025

Lebanon’s Hezbollah is a shadow of its former self and has shown little interest in joining Iran’s fight with Israel and the United States. —Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 22 June 2025

And investors are on edge after a $150 billion stock wipeout when Musk picked a social media fight with a U.S. president overseeing federal car regulators who could make the robotaxi rollout much more difficult. —Bernard Condon, Fortune, 22 June 2025

Got in a fight with one of my classmates in my senior year of high school. —Danyel Smith, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025