fight down

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по подавлению или преодолению чувства, эмоции или побуждения.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of struggling to suppress or overcome a feeling, emotion, or urge.

uncountable · irregular verb · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Suppress an emotioninformal

   To try hard not to show or feel a strong emotion.

   Подавить эмоцию

   • She fought down the urge to cry during the speech.
   • He fought down his anger and remained calm.
   • I had to fight down a feeling of panic.

   Synonymsbottle upcheckchoke backcontaincontrolcurbhold backovercomerepressrestrainsmotherstiflesubduesuppressswallow

2. Restrain a physical reactioninformal

   To struggle to prevent a physical reaction, such as laughter or a sneeze.

   Подавить физическую реакцию

   • He fought down a sneeze during the quiet ceremony.
   • She fought down the laughter when he tripped.
   • I fought down the nausea from the bumpy car ride.

   Synonymscheckchoke backcontaincurbhold backrepresssmotherstiflesuppressswallow

   Antonymsemitexpressreleasevent

Base verbfight