"fight down" is a correct and usable phrase in written English, most often used as an idiom meaning to suppress one's feelings or emotions.
For example, "I had to fight down my tears when I found out I wouldn't be able to attend the concert."
How to fight down the first disappointments?
We have to fight down to the last shot.
Fifty-two percent of Americans now say they approve of the way Mr. Bush is conducting that fight, down from 90percentt in December 2001.
At some point, he saw his bus pull up at the stop across the street, a vivid panel of color that made him think of what was waiting for him at home — nothing, zero, exactly zero — and he watched it pull away again as he tried to fight down the scratch in his throat.
I was just getting up to see what I could do about the towel in the bathroom, thinking vaguely of splashing some aftershave on it to fight down any offensive odors it might have picked up, when her eyes flashed open.
Glover Teixeira also turned the fight down as he's set to face Johnson at UFC 202.
He added: "We really fought down to the wire to preserve everything that we built, everything that we stand for, over the years.
The comfort is that this will be firmly fought down by the new moderate people's choice, Governor-elect Schwarzenegger, right?
Whitney fought down the impulse to scream, "Thank God!" Instead, she pulled her hand — oh so gently — from Epstein's grasp and patted his cheek.
"Most races are settled before the last stint but there are several scenarios where they are fought down to the wire.
Some described battles where soldiers fought down to their last bullets.
