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fights up

fights up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 fights up

What is fights up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fights up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fight up.

Words near fights up in the dictionary

  1. fights shy
  2. fights the good fight
  3. fights the tiger
  4. fights to the death
  5. fights to the finish
  6. fights up
  7. fights windmills
  8. fightsome
  9. fightwite
  10. fightworthy
  11. fighty

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