come out swinging

also come out fighting

to strongly defend yourself or something you believe in Both candidates came out swinging in the televised debate Sunday night.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Firouzeh	-	Persian
Jerrard	jə-RAHRD	English (Rare)
Nikodemos	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Haerviu	-	Ancient Celtic
Krzysztof	KZHISH-tawf	Polish
Vlasi	-	Russian