Fight back and Get back

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Fight back verb - Defend oneself.

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Get back and fight back are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Get back" instead a verb "Fight back".

Get back verb - To get again in one's possession.

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Fight back and get back are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fight back" instead a verb "Get back".

Bellamy's crew get this when Luffy, whom they thought was a weak nobody because he didn't fight back the first time, takes out their captain in one strike (Without even using his stretching powers to boot) and begging him to get back up.

Source: This Cannot Be!
Spanner in the Works: The baby dragons, who don't take commands from anyone, including the Alpha Dragon, are the key for the heroes to get back to Berk and fight back against the Alpha long enough to free Toothless.

Source: Western Animation / How to Train Your Dragon 2
The worst, however, is in End of Evangelion, when Asuka's Eva runs out of power just as she finishes defeating the mass-produced Evas...and then they get back up and go to town on her, and she can't synch well enough to get the Eva to fight back.

Source: Phlebotinum Breakdown

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