fight down

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de réprimer ou de surmonter un sentiment, une émotion ou une impulsion.

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

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Suppress an emotioninformal

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

   réprimer une émotion

   • 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.

   Synonymesbottle upcheckchoke backcontaincontrolcurbhold backovercomerepressrestrainsmotherstiflesubduesuppressswallow

2. Restrain a physical reactioninformal

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

   réprimer une réaction physique

   • 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.

   Synonymescheckchoke backcontaincurbhold backrepresssmotherstiflesuppressswallow

   Antonymesemitexpressreleasevent

Verbe de basefight