put up a fight

English

Verb

put up a fight (third-person singular simple present puts up a fight, present participle putting up a fight, simple past and past participle put up a fight)

  1. To offer some form of resistance to an attack.
    She put up a fight when the mugger tried to steal her purse.
  2. (figuratively) To protest or make a fuss, especially over a proposed course of action.
    Their youngest son always put up a fight when it was bedtime.
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