fight something ↔ down
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfight something ↔ down phrasal verbto try hard not to have or show a feeling Doug fought down a feeling of panic. → fight→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusfight down• He moved against her hands, jerkily, almost losing the control he had fought to keep down.• He controls fights and calms down a stage invasion.