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| put down(verb, cut, check, separate) | |
| put up a fight(verb, idiom, attack, maintain) | |
| repel danger(hold, maintain, oppose, secure) | |
| run counter to(idiom, attack, fight, deny) | |
| set back(verb, check, overthrow, repel) | |
| stave off(hold, control, cut, check) | |
| take in(hold, maintain, oppose, secure) | |
| take issue(verb, idiom, attack, oppose) | |
| take on(verb, support, take, force) | |
| tangle with(verb, support, force, meet) | |
| tell off(verb, take, meet, reject) | |
| abstain from(verb, phrasal verb, attack, decline) | |
| bandy with(verb, meet, attack, dispute) | |
| be at cross-purposes | |
| bear arms(verb, meet, attack, dispute) | |
| bear the brunt of(verb, idiom, keep, overcome) | |
| beat back(verb, cut, separate, cool) | |
| become toughened(verb, keep, overcome, endure) | |
| bit the bullet(verb, idiom, take, meet) | |
| break rules(disregard, ignore, snub, overlook) |
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