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fight off
verb
to repulse; repel
to struggle to avoid or repress
to fight off a cold
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Idioms and Phrases
Defend against, drive back, as in I've been fighting off a cold all week. This figurative use of the term, originally meaning “to repel an enemy” dates from the early 1800s.
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How has Ukraine been able to make such progress, despite the disruption of Covid and amid, for the last three years, fighting off Russian invaders?
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Health experts says the vaccine - which immunises people against measles, mumps and rubella - is 97% effective in fighting off the dangerous virus.
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Now her immediate goal is to fight off charges that could put her in prison for several years.
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So, even if Trump wins the current case, he may still have to fight off other legal challenges.
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She and her husband fought off three attackers until passers-by rushed to their aid and the men fled in a van.
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