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fighting up

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

Meaning of fight up

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.

Questions about fighting up

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

Words near fighting up in the dictionary

  1. fighting stick
  2. fighting sticks
  3. fighting the good fight
  4. fighting the tiger
  5. fighting to the death
  6. fighting up
  7. fighting windmills
  8. fighting word
  9. fighting words
  10. fighting-fit
  11. fightingest

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