D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

hard-fought

/(-fa̤t`)/ · hard·-fought · IPA
01 a. Vigorously contested by both opponents; -- of contests; as, a hard-fought battle; a hard-fought primary election.
  1. 1.
    Vigorously contested by both opponents; -- of contests; as, a hard-fought battle; a hard-fought primary election.