big
fierce
brutal, nasty, vicious
real
Suddenly the argument developed into a real fight.

good
There's nothing he likes so much as a good fight.

clean, fair
It was a fair fight and Stephen won.

close
running
He was killed during a series of running fights outside a disco.

stand-up, straight
In a straight fight the army usually won.

bar (AmE), pub (BrE), street
gang
fist, knife, sword
food, pillow, snowball, water
championship, title
the world title fight between Tyson and Lewis

professional
heavyweight, etc.
bull (usually bullfight), cock, dog
boss (in computer games)

pick, start
He tried to pick a fight with me.
I don't know who started the fight.

be asking for (esp. AmE), be looking for, be spoiling for, want
Andy was drunk and spoiling for a fight.

be in, get into, get involved in, have
Don't get into any more fights!

break up, stop
The fight was broken up by a teacher.

win
lose
see, watch

take place
The dog fights took place every Sunday morning.

break out, erupt, start
ensue
A fight ensued which left one man dead.

scene, sequence
club (esp. AmE)
fan

in a/the fight
He killed a man in a fight.

fight about, fight over
They nearly had a fight over who should move first.

fight between
fights between hostile clans

fight with
They got involved in a fight with some older boys.

brave, good, strong
She died at the age of 43 after a brave fight against cancer.

hard, long, real, tough, uphill (AmE)
a long fight to beat inflation

bitter, desperate
legal
custody (esp. AmE)

put up
Coal workers are determined to put up a fight to save their jobs.

lead, spearhead (esp. BrE)
lawyers leading the fight for compensation for the injured workers

join, join in
Doctors have now joined in the fight to make this treatment available to all.

face
Now he is facing his toughest fight yet—back to fitness after a series of injuries.

be engaged in
He is still engaged in a bitter fight with his old company.

carry on, continue, keep up
She said they would continue their fight to find a cure for AIDS.

step up
The government has vowed to step up the fight against crime.

take
She vowed to take her fight to the High Court.

win
lose
Are we losing the fight against illegal drugs?

give up
She just gave up her fight for life.

be on
The fight is on to have this brutal practice stamped out.

continue, go on
The fight for justice goes on.

without a fight
I'm not giving up without a fight!

fight against, fight with (AmE)
a new weapon in the fight against car crime
his fight with cancer

fight for
their fight for a fair deal

a fight for life, a fight for survival
the company's desperate fight for survival in a cut-throat market

have a fight on your hands
Union leaders know that they have a real fight on their hands.

brave, good, great, strong, tremendous
straight

put up
The team put up a good fight (= they played well) but were finally beaten.

be on

fight between
This will be a straight fight between the two parties.

fight for
The fight for supremacy in the sport is on.

a fight to the death (figurative)
By 1807 politics had become a fight to the death between the two factions.

a fight to the finish
If the polls are wrong and it's a fight to the finish, the result may not be known until all the votes have been counted.

have a fight on your hands
She now has a fight on her hands (= will have to play very well) to make it through to the next round.

make a fight of it
No doubt Ferguson wants his team to make a fight of it.

big, huge, terrible
petty, stupid
little

have
cause
get into, pick, provoke, start

bravely, gallantly, valiantly
bitterly, fiercely, hard
effectively
back, off

be prepared to, be ready to
He did not believe that the enemy was ready to fight.

continue to

against
They fought bravely against the enemy.

alongside
He fought alongside his comrades.

for
They fought for control of the island.

over
They were fighting over disputed land.

with
He taught me how to fight with a sword.

fight to the death
The soldiers were prepared to fight to the death if they had to.

bitterly, hard
dirty
back, off
He was stabbed as he tried to fight the robbers off.

be prepared to

against
She fought hard against his strong grip.

with
Riot police fought with militants demonstrating in support of the uprising.

bitterly, hard
successfully

be determined to, be prepared to, be ready to
We need a good manager who is prepared to fight for a fair share of the funds.

continue to

for
Regional monopolies were bitterly fought for.

fiercely fought
The second half was fiercely fought, but neither side managed to score.

hard, like a tiger, tooth and nail (= in a very determined way)
He fought hard to overcome his disability.
She'll fight like a tiger to protect her children.
The residents are fighting tooth and nail to stop the new development.

doggedly, stubbornly, tenaciously
desperately
successfully
back
It is time to fight back against street crime.

be determined to, be prepared to, be ready to, vow to
continue to
help (to)

against
They are committed to fighting against racism.

for
We are fighting for equal rights.

bitterly
constantly

about
It's a trivial matter and not worth fighting about.

over
Children will fight even over small things.

with
He's always fighting with his brother.

fight like cat and dog (BrE), fight like cats and dogs (AmE)

Fight is used with these nouns as the subject:
army, firefighter, hero, military, protester, rebel, soldier, troops, veteran, warrior

Fight is used with these nouns as the object:
AIDS, army, bacteria, battle, blaze, campaign, cancer, communism, corruption, crime, demon, discrimination, disease, election, emotion, enemy, epidemic, evil, extradition, fatigue, feeling, fire, flame, foe, force, grin, HIV, illness, impulse, infection, inflation, injustice, instinct, menace, monster, occupation, opponent, oppression, plan, pollution, poverty, prejudice, racism, rebel, recession, revolution, seat, sexism, system, temptation, terror, terrorism, tyranny, urge, virus, war, way