fight off

• Phrasal verb, das das Abwehren oder Widerstehen eines Angriffs, einer Krankheit oder einer unerwünschten Situation bezeichnet.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of resisting or defending against an attack, illness, or unwanted situation.

unzählbar · unregelmäßiges Verb · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Resist or repel an attackformal

   To defend oneself against an attacker or threat, often physically.

   Angriff abwehren

   • She fought off the mugger with her umbrella.
   • The soldiers fought off the enemy invasion.
   • He managed to fight off the dog that was chasing him.

   Synonymedrive backfend offhold offrepelrepulseresistward offwithstand

   Antonymecapitulatesubmitsurrenderyield

2. Overcome an illness or feelinginformal

   To resist or recover from a disease, infection, or negative emotion.

   Abwehren

   • I'm trying to fight off a cold with lots of vitamin C.
   • She fought off her feelings of jealousy.
   • He fought off the urge to sleep during the lecture.

   Synonymeconquerovercomerepelresistshake offsurvivethrow offward off

   Antonymesuccumbyield

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