Verb
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.
The temptation was great to muster what force we could and put up a fight. It's the easiest way out, and the most satisfactory to self-respect--but, nearly invariably, the stupidest. Isaac Asimov
Outside the Beltway bubble, grassroots groups are organizing to put up a fight against nominees who have repeatedly pledged and shown their allegiance to the warfare state. Source: Internet
In any case, the expulsion would open a protracted legal battle -- Ruto's camp would put up a fight for them -- and harden the resolve of the rebels hence the party would rather keep the matter in abeyance with occasional arm-twisting. Source: Internet
However, MMD vice president Reverend Reuben Sambo said Hichilema exhibited exemplary behaviour when he did not put up a fight as others would have done. Source: Internet
Partners Stephen Nolan ’15 and Andy Catania ’13 put up a fight in their tiebreaker but ultimately lost 8-10 to Johnnies Jack Hansen and Fabricio Moncada. Source: Internet
Newport Beach and Orange became the latest cities in California to put up a fight against the state’s sanctuary policies, voting to oppose the new law that protects illegal immigrants. Source: Internet