fight a rearguard action

to try very hard to prevent something from happening when it is probably too late to prevent it (often + against ) The unions were fighting a rearguard action against the government's attempt to strip them of their powers.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lynda	LIN-də	English
Ridwan	-	Arabic
Bowen	['bəuən]
Alban	AHL-bahn (German), AL-bən (English)	German, French, Albanian, English (Rare)
DemÉTrio	-	Portuguese
Atwill	['ætwil]