to slug it out (with sb)

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• slug it out — {v. phr.} To have a strong verbal or physical battle with someone; to contest something most vigorously. * /The two contenders for the lightweight boxing championship were slugging it out in the ring./ * /The two candidates for Congress were… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• slug it out — {v. phr.} To have a strong verbal or physical battle with someone; to contest something most vigorously. * /The two contenders for the lightweight boxing championship were slugging it out in the ring./ * /The two candidates for Congress were… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• slug it out — to compete against someone or something for first or highest position. Will the rest of the country find these teams interesting enough to watch them slug it out on TV for seven games? Two new mystery novels are slugging it out in the bookstores …   New idioms dictionary

• slug\ it\ out — v. phr. To have a strong verbal or physical battle with someone; to contest something most vigorously. The two contenders for the lightweight boxing championship were slugging it out in the ring. The two candidates for Congress were slugging it… …   Словарь американских идиом

• slug — Ⅰ. slug [1] ► NOUN 1) a tough skinned terrestrial mollusc which lacks a shell and secretes a film of mucus for protection. 2) an amount of alcoholic liquor that is gulped or poured. 3) a bullet. ► VERB (slugged, slugging) …   English terms dictionary

• Slug (comics) — Superherobox| caption= comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Slug real name=Ulysses X. Lugman species=Human Mutant publisher=Marvel Comics debut= Captain America #325 (Jan 1987) creators=Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary alliance… …   Wikipedia

• slug — I. /slʌg / (say slug) noun 1. any of various slimy, elongated terrestrial gastropods related to the terrestrial snails, but having no shell or only a rudimentary one. 2. a slow moving animal, vehicle, or the like. 3. any heavy piece of crude… …  

• slug — slug1 [slʌg] n [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) a small creature with a soft body, that moves very slowly and eats garden plants 2.) AmE informal a bullet ▪ Perez still has a slug lodged in his left shoulder. 3 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• slug — slug1 sluglike, adj. /slug/, n., v., slugged, slugging. n. 1. any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops. 2. a nudibranch. 3. a metal disk used as… …   Universalium

• slug — [[t]slʌ̱g[/t]] slugs, slugging, slugged 1) N COUNT A slug is a small slow moving creature with a long soft body and no legs, like a snail without a shell. 2) N COUNT: usu N of n If you take a slug of an alcoholic drink, you take a large mouthful… …   English dictionary

• slug — 1 noun (C) 1 a small slow moving creature with a soft body like a snail but without a shell 2 (C) AmE informal a bullet 3 informal a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink: a slug of brandy 4 (C) AmE informal a piece of metal shaped like a coin …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English