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
Ellen	['elin]
Jana (1)	YAH-nah (Dutch, German)	Czech, Slovak, Dutch, German, Slovene, Catalan
Nellie	['neli]
Vida (2)	-	Slovene
Oved	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Zaccharias	-	Biblical Latin