fight down

• Verbo frasal utilizado para indicar la acción de reprimir o superar un sentimiento, emoción o impulso.

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

incontable · verbo irregular · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Suppress an emotioninformal

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

   reprimir una emoción

   • 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.

   Sinónimosbottle upcheckchoke backcontaincontrolcurbhold backovercomerepressrestrainsmotherstiflesubduesuppressswallow

2. Restrain a physical reactioninformal

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

   reprimir una reacción física

   • 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.

   Sinónimoscheckchoke backcontaincurbhold backrepresssmotherstiflesuppressswallow

   Antónimosemitexpressreleasevent

Verbo basefight