give up the fight
and give up the struggle 1. Lit. to quit fighting; to stop trying to do something. Don't give up the fight. Keep trying. Mary refused to give up the struggle.
2. Fig. to give up and die. At the end of months of pain, she gave up the fight. In the end, he lost interest in life and just gave up the struggle.
put up a fight
and put up a struggleto make a struggle, a fight, etc. (Fixed order.) Did he put up a fight? No, he only put up a bit of a struggle.
struggle against someone or something
to strive or battle against someone or something. There is no point in struggling against me. I will win out. He struggled against the disease for a year before he died.
struggle along under something
to make do as well as one can under a particular burden. I will have to struggle along under these poor conditions for quite a while. I am sorry you have to struggle along under such burdens.
struggle along (with someone or something)
to make do as well as one can with someone or something. I really need someone who can work faster, but I'll struggle along with Walter. We struggled along the best we could.
struggle for something
to strive to obtain something. I was struggling for a law degree when I won the lottery. I had to struggle for everything that came my way.
struggle on with something
to make do as well as one can with something. I will have to struggle on with the car that I have. We will struggle on with what we have, hoping for better someday.
struggle through (something)
to get through something in the best way possible. I am going to struggle through this dull book to the very end. The course was dull, but I struggled through.
struggle to do something
to strive or battle to do something. She struggled hard to meet her deadlines. We had to struggle to make ends meet.
struggle to the death
1. Lit. a bitter struggle ending in death. The wolf and the elk fought in a struggle to the death.
2. Fig. a serious problem with someone or something; a difficult challenge. I had a terrible time getting my car started. It was a struggle to the death, but it finally started.
struggle with someone (for something)
to fight with someone to obtain something. Max struggled with Lefty for the gun, and it went off. Timmy struggled with Bobby for the bicycle, and finally David took it away from both of them.
struggle with someone or something
to fight or battle with someone or something. Fred struggled with Tom for a while and finally gave in. Tom struggled with the disease for a while and finally succumbed to it.
uphill battle
and uphill struggleFig. a hard struggle. Convincing the senator to see our point of view was an uphill battle, but we finally succeeded.