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put up a fight

verb as in tussle

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None of the serious contenders who could have challenged her - California Governor Gavin Newson, Michigan Governor Gretchen Witmer or Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro are going to put up a fight.

From BBC

“Nobody expected us to beat bigger teams. Nobody expected us to beat Bangladesh or Pakistan. Nobody even expected us to put up a fight against India.”

But a newly united opposition has put up a fight, rallying against Mr. Modi’s divisive politics and management of India’s deeply unequal economic growth.

Antitrust suits against Apple and Google, as well action against major mergers between Spirit and Frontier airlines and Kroger and Albertsons, have positioned the administration as one ready to take on mega-corporations, but Live Nation will likely put up a fight.

From Salon

But OAN didn't even bother to put up a fight.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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