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    fighting fit

    adjective

    • 1. in excellent health: "Mary had responded to treatment and seemed fighting fit"
  2. Meaning of fighting fit in English. fighting fit. adjective [ after verb ] UK uk / ˌfaɪ.tɪŋ ˈfɪt / us / ˌfaɪ.t̬ɪŋ ˈfɪt / Add to word list Add to word list. extremely healthy: At 73, she's still fighting fit, walking five miles a day. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Animal physiology: fit & healthy. acrobatically. agility.

  3. If you describe someone as fighting fit, you are emphasizing that they are very fit or healthy. [ British , emphasis ] After a good night's sleep I feel fighting fit again.

  4. In a state of preparation or good condition to handle a particular situation. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. We have to make sure we're fighting fit going into this trial. Don't worry, the election is four months away, so you've got plenty of time to get fighting fit. After studying for weeks, I finally felt fighting fit for my senior exams.

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    (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˌfaɪtɪŋ ˈfɪt/
    Rhymes: -ɪt
    Hyphenation: fight‧ing fit

    fighting fit (not comparable) 1. (UK) Sufficiently fit to participate in fighting; hence, in top physical condition. 1.1. 1961 March, Balmore [pseudonym], “Driving and Firing Modern French Steam Locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 151: 1.1.1. We felt fighting fitafter this as we went outside to prep...

    “fighting-fit, adj.” under “fighting, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2020.
    “fighting fit, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
    “fighting fit”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
    “fighting fit” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
  5. If you describe someone as fighting fit, you are emphasizing that they are very fit or healthy.

  6. To be in very good health. Primarily heard in Australia. My father has never been sick a day in his life—he's truly fighting fit. Now that I'm going to the gym regularly, I hope to be fighting fit soon.

  7. Fighting fit means extremely fit and healthy, according to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. See how this phrase is used in sentences from the corpus and learn more about its meaning.