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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sabri	-	Arabic
Elioenai	-	Biblical
Albert	AL-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
Gerald	JER-əld (English), GE-rahlt (German)	English, German