fight for



fight for someone or something

to go to battle for the benefit of someone or something; to go to battle in the name of someone or something. They all went off to fight for their country. The soldiers fought for the queen and the survival of the empire. I guess I will have to learn to fight for my rights.
See also: fight

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Una['ju:nə]
BorysBAW-ris (Polish)Polish, Ukrainian
Aleksandar-Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian
MarwinMAHR-veenGerman
ChicaSHEE-kəPortuguese
Mohammad-Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Bengali