Fight and Knuckle

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Fight verb - To oppose (someone) in physical conflict.

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Knuckle is an antonym for fight.

Nearby Words: fighting, fighter

Knuckle verb - Press or rub with the knuckles.

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Fight is an antonym for knuckle in topics: comply, submit, yield, give in, resign.

Nearby Words: knuckled, knuckling

Megami No Hanabira: Mai does this to herself in her frantic efforts to dodge attacks raining down on her during an ambush: she takes a diving leap behind cover and pretty much does a belly flop, and she takes a moment to bite her knuckle and fight back tears once her safety is assured.

Source: Breast Attack
Artistic License Martial Arts: At his return in 2012, Barrett was introduced in vignettes showing him exercising his bare-knuckle boxing skills in fight clubs.

Source: Wrestling / Wade Barrett
Every Which Way But Loose features a bare-knuckle fight in a slaughterhouse cooling fridge.

Source: Slaughterhouse Fight

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