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come out fighting

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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