take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons
defend oneself against an attack by someone or something
talk or behave in such a way as to provoke a fight or argument
the instinctive physiological response to a threatening situation, which readies one either to resist forcibly or to run away
a contest between just two opponents, especially in an election
use the weapons or tactics of one’s enemy or opponent, even if one finds them distasteful
put up a spirited show of resistance in a fight or contest
until the complete defeat of one of the parties involved
used to indicate that one will continue doing something until it is finished, no matter what
(of two people) be continually arguing with one another
move forward with difficulty, especially by pushing through a crowd
survive a particular experience or ordeal
a tea party or other function, typically of a grand or official kind
a public spectacle, especially in Spain, at which a bull is baited and killed
a great effort to gain a position of strength made by a person or group who seem likely to lose a contest
a boxing match, typically an unlicensed one, fought for prize money