Verb

(label) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.

(label) To strive for; to campaign or contend for success.

* , chapter=7

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern. Then, for a jiffy, I hung on and fought for breath.}}

*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-07-05, volume=412, issue=8894, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Freedom fighter , passage=[Edmund] Burke continued to fight for liberty later on in life. He backed Americans in their campaign for freedom from British taxation. He supported Catholic freedoms and freer trade with Ireland, in spite of his constituents’ ire. He wanted more liberal laws on the punishment of debtors.}}

(label) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).

* (1800-1859)

He had to fight his way through the world.

* Bible, iv. 7

I have fought a good fight.

(label) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.

(label) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.

To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.