Question

2015 June 9, “Women’s World Cup 2015: England beaten by France in Group F opener”, in The Guardian (London)[1]:

With Scott and the outstanding Claire Rafferty in particular fighting back, all was not lost.

Accepted Answer

(intransitivehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive) to counterattack; to resist an attackhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/attack.

Sentence	2015 June 9, “Women’s World Cup 2015: England beaten by France in Group F opener”, in The Guardian (London)[1]: With Scott and the outstanding Claire Rafferty in particular fighting back, all was not lost.
Definition	( intransitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive ) to counterattack; to resist an attack https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/attack .

June Women’s World Cup England Beaten France Group