come out fighting



come out fighting

  (British, American & Australian) also come out swinging (mainly American)
if someone comes out fighting, they defend themselves or something they believe in, in a very determined way They were criticized from all sides but they came out fighting. The candidates came out swinging in the first few minutes of the debate.
See also: come, fight, out

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sabri-Arabic
Elioenai-Biblical
AlbertAL-bərt (English), al-BER (French), AHL-bert (German, Polish), AHL-bərt (Dutch)English, French, Catalan, German, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Rom
Jagannath-Indian, Hindi
DezsŐ-Hungarian
GeraldJER-əld (English), GE-rahlt (German)English, German