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    1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb
    1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) παλεύω,πολεμώ,μάχομαι
    2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) καταπολεμώ
    3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) τσακώνομαι
    2. noun
    1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) καβγάς
    2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) μάχη,αγώνας
    3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) μαχητικότητα
    4) (a boxing-match.) πυγμαχικός αγώνας
    - fight back
    - fight it out
    - fight off
    - fight one's way
    - fight shy of
    - put up a good fight

    English-Greek dictionary > fight

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  • Fight Fire with Fire — Chanson par Metallica extrait de l’album Ride the Lightning Sortie 1984 Enregistrement 1984 au Sweet Silence Studios de Copenhague, Danemark Durée 4:45 …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • fight fire with fire — {v. phr.}, {slightly formal}, {of Biblical origin} To fight back in the same way one was attacked; make a defense similar to the attack. * /The candidate was determined to fight fire with fire in the debate./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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