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.