Despite facing numerous setbacks, she never gave up and said, "I'm going down fighting."

What does going down mean?
Could you please provide an example sentence that would be helpful?

Question

Despite facing numerous setbacks, she never gave up and said, "I'm going down fighting."

What does going down mean?
Could you please provide an example sentence that would be helpful?

Answer

'Going down' in this case means to lose or to fail, so 'to go down fighting,' means that you won't give up, will fight to the end, not back down, not surrender, etc. As a general figure of speech, it just means a person who is determined and doesn't easily quit.

'He was the type of person who would go down fighting.'