what is the meaning of the idiom put up a fight?
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To offer some form of resistance to an attack. She put up a fight when the mugger tried to steal her purse. (figuratively) To protest or make a fuss, especially over a proposed course of action. Their youngest son always put up a fight when it was bedtime.
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Idiom – Kiss and make up. Meaning – To make friends after a disagreement or argument. This expression is used when two people have forgiven each other about something that happened previously. In this idiom make up is a phrasal verb which means to become friendly with someone again after an argument.
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to defeat someone or gain an advantage over them. Jack got the best of me in the last match. Synonyms and related words. + To defeat someone in a game, competition or argument.
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put out. 1. verb To upset, irritate, or inconvenience someone. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can used between "put" and "out." We don't want to put anybody out, but it's necessary for us to evolve our service as we go along. ... verb, vulgar slang To be willing to have sex with someone else.
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The phrase "to be fresh with" someone is an informal expression and/or idiom in English. The general meaning is to be impolite, impertinent and/or disrespectful in behaviour or attitude to someone.
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phrasal verb. work something up. ​to develop or improve something with some effort. I can't work up any enthusiasm for his idea. She went for a long walk to work up an appetite.
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1 : to make an approach (as in attacking) 2a : to take part in a game or contest. b : to call the opening bet in poker : stay. 3 of a celestial body : to become obscured by a cloud. 4 : to form a union or alliance : join —often used with withasked us to go in with them.
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Angry, rebellious, as in The town was up in arms over the state's plan to allow commercial flights at the air base. This idiom originally referred to an armed rebellion and was so used from the late 1500s. Its figurative use dates from about 1700.
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This phrase is commonly used as an insult. It's for someone trying to seem more mature or like they're above the other person. It's best to treat the other person how you would like to be treated. Treat them as an equal. Telling someone to “grow up” is very petty and disrespectful.
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Noun. play fight (plural play fights) An unrefereed contest in which participants try to dominate each other without inflicting injury.
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[transitive, intransitive] to try to get what you want in court fight (somebody) for something He fought his wife for custody of the children.
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get drunk or take drugs; get high. to go apeshit. exp. to lose one's temper. very familiar.
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and win the day. to be successful; to win a competition, argument, etc. (Originally meaning to win a battle.) Our team didn't play well at first, but we won the day in the end.
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(idiomatic) To withdraw from something one has agreed to do. She backed out of organizing the fund-raising. (idiomatic) To dare someone to not withdraw from a challenge.
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in conjunction with the word up, as in team up, used as a verb to describe two or more people coming together to compete at a game or sport or to work on a project. Related terms are teams up, teamed up, teaming up. Teem is a verb that means to be abundant, to be inundated with a prolific amount.
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To be up for something, means to be willing to do it. To be down for something infers you already agreed to do something, like you agreed by putting your name down on a list, or told your friends you were going to do it.
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no pain, no gain. idiom. —used to say that it is necessary to suffer or work hard in order to succeed or make progress.