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
Kjell	SHEL	Swedish, Norwegian
Sheppard	['ʃepəd]
Lagle	-	Estonian
Efraim	-	Hebrew, Biblical
Chantelle	shawn-TEL, shan-TEL	English
Varsha	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil