fight it out

See: SLUG IT OUT.

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fight fire with fire

[fight fire with fire] {v. phr.}, {slightly formal}, {of Biblical origin} To fight back in the same way one was attacked; make a defense similar to the attack. * /The […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fight off

[fight off] {v. phr.} 1. To struggle against someone so as to free oneself; push an attacker back. * /Suzy fought off her two attackers in Central Park with a […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

put up a (brave, good, etc.) fight

[put up a (brave, good, etc.) fight] {v. phr.} To resist. * /He put up a good fight but he was bound to lose in the end to the older, […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fight shy of

[fight shy of] {v. phr.} To avoid; escape from. * /Jack always fights shy of anything that even remotely resembles serious work./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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pass by the board

[pass by the board] See: [GO BY THE BOARD].

put by

[put by] {v.} To save for the future; lay aside. * /He had put by a good sum during a working lifetime./

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