the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > resist > successfully (3)
hold one's own. To maintain one's position against a competitor or an opposing force of any kind; to stand one's ground.
to hold (a) spurn, to make successful resistance. Obsolete. rare.
With adverbs. to fight back: to resist. to fight down: to overcome. to fight off: (a) transitive to deliver oneself with effort from; to repel, li…