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fight up

fight up verb: to fight (someone) aggressively.

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To fight (someone) aggressively.
  2. (Caribbean, intransitive, slang) To endeavor or struggle to do.
    • He's fighting up with that job.

Forms of fight up

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

Questions about fight up

What does fight up mean?
Fight up means to fight (someone) aggressively.
What part of speech is fight up?
Fight up is a verb.
What is the past tense of fight up?
The past tense of fight up is fought up.

Words near fight up in the dictionary

  1. fight the good fight
  2. fight the tape
  3. fight the tiger
  4. fight to the death
  5. fight to the finish
  6. fight up
  7. fight windmills
  8. fight-or-flight
  9. fightability
  10. fightable
  11. fightah

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