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Phrase(s): fight (one’s way) back (to something)
to struggle to return to something or some place. • She fought her way back to the head of the line. • Jan fought back to good health., Phrase(s): fight back (at someone or something)
to defend oneself against someone or something; to retaliate against someone or something. • You are going to have to fight back at them. You can’t expect us to defend you. • It’s hard for me to fight back against three of them by myself.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs