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

Advocates have vowed to continue fighting back against the arrests. —Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025

Sabalenka fought back to tie the set up at 3-3, but while on serve she double-faulted and shouted at her coaching box. —Sean Gregory, Time, 7 June 2025

On June 28, 1969, the NYPD raided the Stonewall Inn, a private club-turned-bar frequented by the community in lower Manhattan, but the patrons and surrounding crowd decided to fight back. —Edward Segarra, USA Today, 5 June 2025

French Open 2025: Coco Gauff Beats Madison Keys To Reach Semifinals How Lois Boisson Stunned Mirra Andreeva In the opening set, Andreeva missed a set point after leading 5-3 before Boisson fought back, only to see three chances of her own come and go in a marathon 12th game. —Manasi Pathak, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025

Rhymes for fight back

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