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fought - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
Bah! an exclamation expressing disgust or contempt.
Preterit and past participle of fight.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb Simple past tense and past participle of fight .
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When Burberry's distinctive check pattern was commandeered by C-grade pop stars, the label fought back by launching a limited-edition clothing line.
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But former governor Frank Murkowski during his term fought the process and at first refused to name any of the names submitted to him.
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The fight to be fought is over which version of big government we get.
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The appearance of units and the terrain fought over is not dictated by a game designer but by the players themselves.
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During his reign, Hussein fought the Iranians and the United States (first spearheading the U.N action to free Kuwait and then in the Iraqi War).
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At first, so great was his disgust with the magazines and all bourgeois society, Martin fought against publicity; but in the end, because it was easier than not to, he surrendered.
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But Manchin fought to distance himself from the administration.
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In 1898, Spain fought a losing war with the United States in which her colonies of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam were overrun with relative ease by the U.S.
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But Manchin fought to distance himself from the administration.
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Orphan's grin fought one last time and was released; Jack, on seeing it, shook his head and muttered, "Well, that's all right then."
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