Fight  

From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

Pollice Verso by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1872, is the immediate source of the "thumbs down" gesture in popular culture. It is owned by Phoenix Art Museum.

Dempsey and Firpo (1924) by George Bellows

Related e

Wikipedia Wiktionary Wiki Commons Tumblr Wikisource YouTube Shop Featured: Marquis de Sade: Man or monster? Illustration: Portrait fantaisiste du marquis de Sade (1866) by H. Biberstein

See mayhem, violence, Fight Club, fight-or-flight response

1. To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
   • The two boxers have been fighting for more than half an hour.
   • A wounded animal will fight like a maniac.
2. To strive for; to campaign or contend for success.
   • He fought for the Democrats in the last election.
3. To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
   • The battle was fought just over that hill.
4. To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
   • My grandfather fought the Nazis in the Second World War.
5. To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
   • The government pledged to fight corruption.