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fight to contend in battle or physical combat especially to strive to overcome a person by blows or weapons The first known use: before the 12th century |
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5 Letters, 1 Syllable |
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3 Phonemes |
f I t |
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onset, rime |
f ight |
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fight |
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Sentence Examples When he was young he was always fighting. He fought like a tiger. They vowed to fight the invaders of their homeland. He and his wife are always fighting over money. We were fighting to protect our jobs. A fight broke out in the bar. When he was young he was always getting into fights. He got into another fight with his wife about money. |
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Common Phrases fight (one's way) through To force one's way through (a crowd or crowded place). fight (one's) way back to (something or some place) To struggle or use force to return to some place, position, or thing. |
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Related Words Sound the same but are spelled differently.
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Collocations The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
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Neighborhood
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