put up a fight

/P UH1 T AH0 P AH0 F AY0 T/

verb

1
To offer some form of resistance to an attack.
“She put up a fight when the mugger tried to steal her purse.”
2
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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