if you fight back an emotion, you try very hard not to show it
to hit or kick someone who is attacking you
to try to stop someone who has criticized you, or something that has harmed you
And they have to lift their heads up and fight back if they go a goal behind.
And we will support those who are fighting back against extremism online.
But we are going to fight back, make our voices heard and rebut these accusations, which very often have no evidence to support them.
CRIME victims will get new powers to fight back against soft sentences under plans being considered by ministers.
Everyone has setbacks and it's now about how hard he fights back.
He should also feel proud of the way his side fought back and refused to roll over.
Here are some ways to fight back.
I am delighted that a new generation of young women is fighting back against the casual acceptance that fear is just a part of being female.
I have held meeting after meeting with executives there in a bid to get fights back on to terrestrial TV.
I'll fight back and quietly get on with my job.
It's brilliant for getting the fight back into your hair if it has been weakened by colour, heat or straightening.
It's time for us tourists to fight back against this persecution by hipster.
Mary bit her lip and fought back her tears.
My instinct was to cry, and it was hard to fight back the tears.
Police have insisted that those who were killed had resisted arrest or fought back.
Some fringe areas are fighting back hard.
That is something we are continually fighting back against, so our challenge is something like the return to meaning.
The blood he spilt and the facial damage he suffered just inspired him to fight back harder.
The concert organizers have fought back against their critics.
The course teaches women how to fight back if attacked.
The multinationals have fought back hard against the generic companies, which they see as parasites.
The pro-EU campaign fought back yesterday as two new polls showed that a majority of voters favoured Brexit.
There are three simple ways to fight back.
This game was the only way we could fight back.
When are we going to fight back?
You have a long way to fight back.
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