Wiktionary
vb. 1 To offer some form of resistance to an attack. 2 (context figuratively English) To protest or make a fuss, especially over a proposed course of action.
Usage examples of "put up a fight".
Thirty-odd Malazansthe captain knew they were determined to put up a fight if things went wrong.
He got yore letter tellin' about the trouble here, and about you not bein' well enough to put up a fight.
Thirty-odd Malazans - the captain knew they were determined to put up a fight if things went wrong.
He had put up a fight, as there was still the smell of burned powder about the ancient LeMat percussion pistol he favored, and both the shot and ball barrels had been discharged.
If you put up a fight, like it looks like you're planning to do, you'll probably not only lose your cargo, but your ship as well and maybe your lives.
By now, they had a formidable total of partly-trained soldiers who could put up a fight in fixed defenses.
She had been conscious when she had been captured, and obviously had put up a fight.
Pop would expect him to put up a fight, not sit still and wait for the snoopies, and there was nothing left that he could do for Pop, now that Pop was deadhold it!
You said yourself it looked like Danny Alverez didnt put up a fight.
Pop would expect him to put up a fight, not sit still and wait for the snoopies, and there was nothing left that he could do for Pop, now that Pop was dead—.
Pop would expect him to put up a fight, not sit still and wait for the snoopies, and there was nothing left that he could do for Pop, now that Pop was dead -- hold it!