fightback

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English

Etymology

From fight +‎ back.

Noun

fightback (plural fightbacks)

  1. a campaign of resistance; a counterattack
    • 1981 December 12, Steve Rose, “Some People's Congress”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 4:
      The gay movement is in retreat as evidenced in the rise of anti-gay attacks and and the success of anti-gay legislation. One only needs to read the Gay Community News to realize the severity of the anti-gay offensive. The fightback to this anti-gay offensive has been weak and disoriented. The number of gay organizations, thus the number of organized gays are shrinking, not growing.
    • 2009 January 25, Bruce Matthews, “Brave Sam Stosur wilts under Elena Dementieva”, in Herald Sun‎:
      Stosur gave hope of a fightback when she smashed through Dementieva's serve in the first game of the second set.
    • 2011 September 24, Arindam Rej, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport‎:
      Liverpool resisted a second-half fightback from Wolves to secure a hard-fought victory and end a run of back-to-back Premier League defeats.
    • 2022 November 29, Ian Mitchelmore, “Wales put out of World Cup misery by England as sobering tournament must signal changing of the guard”, in WalesOnline‎:
      A second-half fightback to draw with the USA offered a hope that swiftly evaporated following a gut-wrenching 2-0 loss to Iran only four days later. It meant only the seemingly impossible would be enough for Rob Page's men to extend their World Cup dream.
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