go down fighting

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

1. To continue resisting, struggling, or putting up a strong effort until the very end, even when defeat is inevitable.

   Synonym: go down swinging

• “go down swinging/fighting”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.