Emotions & feelings
fight the urge to do something
resist a strong desire
To try hard not to do something that you strongly want to do.
Hear it in real life
You haven't replied to him yet?
No, I'm fighting the urge to send an angry message.
I had to fight the urge to look at the answers during the quiz.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I fought the urge for checking my phone.
Say: I fought the urge to check my phone.
Use "to" plus the base verb after "the urge," not "for" plus an -ing form.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
fight the urge to do something; fought the urge to do something
Your turn: say it out loud
I had to fight the urge to look at the answers during the quiz.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
fight the urge to do something
resist a strong desire
“I had to fight the urge to look at the answers during the quiz.”
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