Английский словарь американских идиом - fight off
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Fight off
fight off
{v. phr.} 1. To struggle against someone so as to free oneself; push an attacker back. * /Suzy fought off her two attackers in Central Park with a couple of karate chops./ 2. To strive to overcome something negative. * /After twelve hours at the computer terminal, Jane had to fight off her overwhelming desire to go to sleep./
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1. If you fight off something, for example an illness or an unpleasant feeling, you succeed in getting rid of it and in not letting it overcome you. Unfortunately these drugs are quite toxic and hinder the body’s ability to fight off infection... All day she had fought off the impulse to telephone Harry. = resist PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P n (not pron), also V n P 2. If you fight off someone who has attacked you, you fight with them, and succeed in making them go away or stop attacking you. The woman fought off the attacker. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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1. отбить, отогнать to fight off a cold with aspirin —- избавиться от простуды при помощи аспирина to fight off a competition —- победить (избавиться от) конкурентов fight out 1. победить, добиться победы (обыкн. to fight it out) to fight out a storm at sea —- выстоять в шторм на море 2. разрешить путем борьбы they fought out their differences in court —- свои разногласия они в конце концов разрешили в суде ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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