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
Harrietta	her-ee-ET-ə, har-ee-ET-ə	English (Rare)
Donald	DAHN-əld (English)	Scottish, English
Mina	['mi:nə]
Kurou	koo-ṙo:	Japanese
Katherine	[kæðərin]
Foreman	['fɔ:mən]