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puts up a fight

puts up a fight is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put up a fight.

Meaning of put up a fight

Verb

put up a fight (third-person singular simple present puts up a fight, present participle putting up a fight, simple past and past participle put up a fight)

  1. To offer some form of resistance to an attack.
    • She put up a fight when the mugger tried to steal her purse.
  2. (figuratively) To protest or make a fuss, especially over a proposed course of action.
    • Their youngest son always put up a fight when it was bedtime.

Questions about puts up a fight

What is puts up a fight the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Puts up a fight is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put up a fight.

Words near puts up a fight in the dictionary

  1. puts two and two together
  2. puts two and two together and comes up with five
  3. puts two and two together and makes five
  4. puts under
  5. puts up
  6. puts up a fight
  7. puts up a show
  8. puts up on
  9. puts up one's dukes
  10. puts up one's hand
  11. puts up one's hands

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