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fight down

fight down verb: to suppress (a feeling or emotion).

Verb

fight down (third-person singular simple present fights down, present participle fighting down, simple past and past participle fought down)

  1. (transitive) To suppress (a feeling or emotion).
    • He fought down the urge to laugh.
    • She fought down the rage building up inside her.

Forms of fight down

third-person singular presentfights down
present participlefighting down
past participlefought down
pastfought down

Questions about fight down

What does fight down mean?
Fight down means to suppress (a feeling or emotion).
What part of speech is fight down?
Fight down is a verb.
What is the past tense of fight down?
The past tense of fight down is fought down.

Words near fight down in the dictionary

  1. fight bite
  2. fight bites
  3. fight choreography
  4. fight cocum
  5. fight dirty
  6. fight down
  7. fight fire with fire
  8. fight fires
  9. fight for one's life
  10. fight IQ
  11. fight IQs

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