Steve fought his way to the front of the hall.
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He fought his way through the crowd.
They've had to fight their way through a lot of red tape to get the project approved.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
fight your way — to move through a group of people by pushing them away Steve fought his way to the front of the hall … English dictionary
couldn't [act/argue/fight] (your) way out of a paper bag — humorous if someone couldn t act, argue, fight etc. their way out of a paper bag, they act, argue, fight etc. very badly. It s no good asking Jim to protect you he couldn t fight his way out of a paper bag … New idioms dictionary
couldn't fight (your) way out of a paper bag — couldn t [act/argue/fight] (your) way out of a paper bag humorous if someone couldn t act, argue, fight etc. their way out of a paper bag, they act, argue, fight etc. very badly. It s no good asking Jim to protect you he couldn t fight his way… … New idioms dictionary
(your) way out of a paper bag — couldn t [act/argue/fight] (your) way out of a paper bag humorous if someone couldn t act, argue, fight etc. their way out of a paper bag, they act, argue, fight etc. very badly. It s no good asking Jim to protect you he couldn t fight his way… … New idioms dictionary
couldn't act (your) way out of a paper bag — couldn t [act/argue/fight] (your) way out of a paper bag humorous if someone couldn t act, argue, fight etc. their way out of a paper bag, they act, argue, fight etc. very badly. It s no good asking Jim to protect you he couldn t fight his way… … New idioms dictionary
couldn't argue (your) way out of a paper bag — couldn t [act/argue/fight] (your) way out of a paper bag humorous if someone couldn t act, argue, fight etc. their way out of a paper bag, they act, argue, fight etc. very badly. It s no good asking Jim to protect you he couldn t fight his way… … New idioms dictionary
couldn't ... (your) way out of a paper bag — couldn t [act/argue/fight] (your) way out of a paper bag humorous if someone couldn t act, argue, fight etc. their way out of a paper bag, they act, argue, fight etc. very badly. It s no good asking Jim to protect you he couldn t fight his way… … New idioms dictionary
fight — fight1 W1S1 [faıt] v past tense and past participle fought [fo:t US fo:t] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(war)¦ 2¦(hit people)¦ 3¦(try to do something)¦ 4¦(prevent something)¦ 5¦(compete)¦ 6¦(argue)¦ 7¦(sport)¦ 8¦(emotion)¦ 9¦(law)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
fight — fight1 [ faıt ] (past tense and past participle fought [ fɔt ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 use weapons ▸ 2 hit/kick/bite each other ▸ 3 disagree/argue ▸ 4 try hard to prevent something ▸ 5 try hard to achieve something ▸ 6 try not to show/do something ▸ 7… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fight — [[t]fa͟ɪt[/t]] ♦ fights, fighting, fought 1) VERB If you fight something unpleasant, you try in a determined way to prevent it or stop it happening. [V n] Mother Teresa is an elderly nun who has devoted her life to fighting poverty... [V n] More… … English dictionary
