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fighting down

fighting down is the present participle and gerund of fight down.

Meaning of fight down

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.

Questions about fighting down

What is fighting down the present participle and gerund of?
Fighting down is the present participle and gerund of fight down.

Words near fighting down in the dictionary

  1. fighting chance
  2. fighting chances
  3. fighting cock
  4. fighting cocks
  5. fighting cocum
  6. fighting down
  7. fighting fire with fire
  8. fighting fires
  9. fighting fish
  10. fighting fishes
  11. fighting fit

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