phrasal verb · informal
put up a fight
/pʊt ʌp ə faɪt/put·up·a·FIGHT
speakingtask2
to resist strongly or try hard in a difficult situation
Examples
“The small company put up a fight against the takeover bid.”
“He put up a fight but the burglars escaped before the police arrived.”
“Students put up a fight when the university announced fee increases.”
Band 8 sentence
“Local communities put up a fierce fight to preserve the ancient woodland from development.”
Collocations
- put up a fierce fight
- put up a fight against
Word family
put up a fight phrasal verb
Common mistakes
make a fight→put up a fight
fight up→put up a fight
Say it for a higher band
5fight→6resist→7+put up a fight
Synonyms
resist
struggle
Easily confused
resist
“They resisted the changes proposed by management.”
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