fight off

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to resist an attacker and force it to retreat

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   fight off someone/something / fight someone/something off

   Usage: The resisted attacker or attack is the object. Put pronouns before off: fight them off.

   The defenders managed to fight off the attackers until help arrived.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   The defenders managed to fight off the attackers until help arrived.

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