put up a fight

and put up a struggle

to make a struggle, a fight, etc. (Fixed order.) Did he put up a fight? No, he only put up a bit of a struggle.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Burton	['bə:tn]
Burchard	BOOR-kahrt (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Ataullah	-	Arabic
Thaksin	-	Thai
Tyrik	tie-REEK	African American (Modern)
Ignas	-	Lithuanian