come out fighting

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come out fighting (British, American & Australian) also come out swinging (mainly American)

if someone comes out fighting, they defend themselves or something they believe in, in a very determined way They were criticized from all sides but they came out fighting. The candidates came out swinging in the first few minutes of the debate.

See also: come, fight, out

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As the returns came in Tuesday night, Garcetti, who had refused to campaign or publicly debate his challengers, declared that if forced into a runoff, ``I'm going to come out fighting. EDITORIAL; FIGHTING TO FINISH by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) More results

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