fighting fit
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English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˌfaɪtɪŋ ˈfɪt/
- Rhymes: -ɪt
- Hyphenation: fight‧ing fit
Adjective
fighting fit (not comparable)
- (UK) Sufficiently fit to participate in fighting; hence, in top physical condition.
- 1961 March, Balmore , “Driving and Firing Modern French Steam Locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 151:
- We felt fighting fit after this as we went outside to prepare the engine for the return journey.
- 2016, Paddy Rochford, Caroline Rochford, In a Guardsman’s Boots: A Boy Soldier’s Adventures from the Streets of 1920s Dublin to Buckingham Palace, WWII and the Egyptian Revolution, Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military, →ISBN:
- We were all fighting fit, but still hadn't learned to conquer the desert's khamsins: scorching, unbearable winds that blew through the sands.
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Translations
sufficiently fit to participate in fighting
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Further reading
- “fighting-fit, adj.” under “fighting, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2020. - “fighting fit, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “fighting fit”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “fighting fit” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
