fight hard

This page is about the collocation fight hard

collocation pattern: verb + adverb

Meaning

to try very hard to get or achieve something

For example

  • Our team fought hard, but we still couldn't win.

  • If she hadn't fought so hard to get the job, she wouldn't have got it.

Note:
Similar collocations include "fight doggedly" and "fight tenaciously"

Quick Quiz

You'll have to fight hard for something if

a. no-one else wants it

b. many others want it

c. you don't really want it
a) no-one else wants it b) many others want it c) you don't really want it

Contributor: Matt Errey