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fight (one's way) through (something)

1. to struggle to get through something; to struggle to penetrate something. I'll have to fight my way through all this crepe paper in order to reach the punch bowl. The room was filled with trash, and I had to fight through it to get to the other door.

2. to struggle to work through all of something. I have to fight my way through this stack of papers by noon. I am tired of fighting through red tape.

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a fighting chance
an uphill battle
be fighting fit
be fighting for life
be fighting mad
be in fighting trim
be spoiling for a fight
can't fight city hall
come out fighting
come out swinging
could fight a circle-saw
couldn't [act] way out of a paper bag
Councils of war never fight
fight
fight a losing battle
fight a rearguard action
fight about
fight against
fight against time

fight back
fight corner
fight down
Fight fire with fire
fight for
fight hammer and tongs
fight it out
fight like cat and dog
fight like hell
fight off
fight on
fight out
fight over
fight shy of
fight the good fight
fight through
fight to the death
fight tooth and claw
fight tooth and nail

fight way out
fight with
fighting chance
give up the fight
go down fighting
have a fighting chance
He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day
I won't give up without a fight
knock-down, drag-out fight
like fighting snakes
like the devil
live to fight another day
pick a fight
put up a fight
spoiling for a fight
Them's fighting words!
throw a fight

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