fight on
phrasal verb
fought on; fighting on; fights on
: to continue fighting
He vowed that he would fight on alone.
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Rather than fight on from the sidelines, Dellinger ended his legal battle.
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Carrie Johnson, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
Multiple Carnival Cruise Line guests were banned for life after getting into a fight on its Carnival Sunrise ship over the summer.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Netflix released a new clip from The Witcher season 4 during the streamer's Canelo v Crawford fight on Saturday night, showing their new Butcher of Blaviken in action.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
The breakdown of these traditional promotional barriers has led to a softening of the hard-line broadcast deals that previously meant Star Boxer A couldn’t take on Star Boxer B simply because each fought on different platforms.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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Carrie Johnson, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
Multiple Carnival Cruise Line guests were banned for life after getting into a fight on its Carnival Sunrise ship over the summer.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Netflix released a new clip from The Witcher season 4 during the streamer's Canelo v Crawford fight on Saturday night, showing their new Butcher of Blaviken in action.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
The breakdown of these traditional promotional barriers has led to a softening of the hard-line broadcast deals that previously meant Star Boxer A couldn’t take on Star Boxer B simply because each fought on different platforms.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Fight on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fight%20on. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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