go down swinging

verb

Synonym of go down fighting.

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go down fighting
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Meanings

verbgo down swinging (third-person singular simple present goes down swinging, present participle going down swinging, simple past went down swinging, past participle gone down swinging)

present singular third person goes down swinging · participle present going down swinging · past went down swinging · participle past gone down swinging

  1. Synonym of go down fighting.

    As against Argentina in the World Cup semi-final in Atlanta, England led by a Gordon goal and lost, but at least here they went down swinging and not by going into cowering retreat.

    2026 September 26, Phil McNulty, “England embrace the chaos - but control also needed to win big prizes”, in BBCSport

    Synonyms: go down fighting

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of go down fighting.

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go down fighting
Also see
go down fightinggo out swinging
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APA

go down swinging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20down%20swinging

MLA

“go down swinging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20down%20swinging. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go down swinging,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20down%20swinging.

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