Translations for „fight off“ in the English » German Dictionary

fight off VB trans

1. fight off (hit):

to fight off ⇆ sb

jdn abwehren

to fight off a reporter

einen Reporter abwimmeln pej

2. fight off (master):

to fight off ⇆ sth

etw bekämpfen

to fight off ⇆ sth

gegen etw acc [an]kämpfen

to fight off a cold/depression

gegen eine Erkältung/Depression ankämpfen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to fight off a reporter

einen Reporter abwimmeln pej

to fight off a cold/depression

gegen eine Erkältung/Depression ankämpfen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The boyfriends then fight off the doctor's henchmen, a gorilla, a werewolf, and a creature of some sort.

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In that case, the victim can eventually fight off the effects of the chemical and regain control of his or her mind.

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Local farmers joined the battalion to fight off the enemy.

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The reason she managed to fight off the bear is thought to have been because of a phenomenon called hysterical strength.

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They also had to fight off two attacks by bandits.

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Caught trying to break their chain, the two fight off the guards long enough to get a key.

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It tells the tale of an oddball individualist ant who hires what he thinks are warrior bugs (actually circus performers) to fight off greedy grasshoppers.

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They hoped that steamboats running on the canals would be able to attain these high speeds and thus fight off the threat of the railways.

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Almost all people have suitable immune cells to fight off tumors in the body.

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Later she recounted how she had had to fight off a number of men that had tried to take her oar.

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