a knockdown drag-out fight

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• knockdown drag-out fight — n. a prolonged and hard fight. □ Trying to get my proposal accepted was a knockdown drag out fight. □ I don’t want to get involved in a knockdown drag out fight over this business …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• knock|down-drag-out — «NOK DOWN DRAG OWT», adjective. U.S. Slang. characterized by great violence, especially hand to hand; rough; violent; raging: »a knockdown drag out fight, a knockdown drag out argument …   Useful english dictionary

• knock-down-and-drag-out — knock down and drag out, knockdown dragout knockdown dragoutadj. marked by extreme violence; of fights; also used metaphorically of fierce contests; as, a knock down and drag out fight; a knockdown dragout competition for the browser market. Syn …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• knock-down-and-drag-out — adjective extremely violent a knock down and drag out fight • Syn: ↑knockdown dragout • Similar to: ↑violent • Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism * * * I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷  …   Useful english dictionary

• knock-down, drag-out — /ˈnɒk daʊn ˌdræg aʊt/ (say nok down .drag owt) adjective characterised by unrestrained violence: it was a knock down, drag out fight. Also, knockdown, dragout. {US colloquial phrase (1820s) to knock down and drag out meaning to vanquish utterly ; …  

• knockdown-dragout — knock down and drag out knock down and drag out, knockdown dragout knockdown dragoutadj. marked by extreme violence; of fights; also used metaphorically of fierce contests; as, a knock down and drag out fight; a knockdown dragout competition for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• knockdown-dragout — adjective extremely violent a knock down and drag out fight • Syn: ↑knock down and drag out • Similar to: ↑violent • Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism …   Useful english dictionary

• knockdown-dragout — knock·down drag·out (nŏkʹdoun drăgʹout ) adj. Marked by roughness, violence, and acrimony: a knockdown dragout fight. * * * …   Universalium

• knockdown-dragout — knock|down drag|out [ ,nakdaun dræg,aut ] adjective AMERICAN very violent or uncontrolled: a knockdown dragout fight …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• mix-up — n 1. clutter, tangle, jumble, mishmash, hodgepodge, scramble; muddle, mess, Sl. screw up, Sl. ballup, Inf. foul up, snafu; disorder, disarrangement, disorganization; complication, Gordian knot, complexity, imbroglio, perplexity, quandary,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• melee — [n] battle, fight affray, battle royal*, brawl, broil, brouhaha*, brush, clash, donnybrook*, fracas, fray, free for all*, knockdown drag out*, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, scrimmage, scuffle, set to*, skirmish, to do*, tussle, words; concept 106 …   New thesaurus