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fight off
fight somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb (see also fight)
1. to keep someone away, or stop them doing something to you, by fighting or opposing them:
Bodyguards had to fight off the crowds.
The company managed to fight off a takeover attempt.
2. to succeed in stopping other people getting something, and to get it for yourself:
Allan fought off stiff competition from throughout the UK to win one of only four places at the college.
3. to try hard to get rid of something, especially an illness or a feeling:
Elaine’s fighting off a cold.
fight somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb (see also fight)
1. to keep someone away, or stop them doing something to you, by fighting or opposing them:
2. to succeed in stopping other people getting something, and to get it for yourself:
3. to try hard to get rid of something, especially an illness or a feeling: