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putting up a fight

putting up a fight is the present participle and gerund 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 putting up a fight

What is putting up a fight the present participle and gerund of?
Putting up a fight is the present participle and gerund of put up a fight.

Words near putting up a fight in the dictionary

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

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