fight (redirected from fought)

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