What does "fought back" mean?

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What does “fought back” mean?

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Fight is an irregular Verb. In simple past and past paticiple, it changes to fought. Fight back means to resist (I think).

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Or “Counterattack”.
+fatemegoudarzi, tu perfil dice que tu lengua materna es el español. “Fought back” sería “contraatacó”. Literalmente “luchó (fought, pasado de “fight”) de vuelta (back)”.

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fought back = retaliated
to fight back = to retaliate
fight back synonyms: retaliate, hit back, counterattack, return like for like, get back at someone, give tit for tat, take reprisals, get even, give someone a taste of their own medicine;

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