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duked it out

duked it out is the simple past and past participle of duke it out.

Meaning of duke it out

Verb

duke it out (third-person singular simple present dukes it out, present participle duking it out, simple past and past participle duked it out)

  1. (informal) To fight, especially with the fists.
    • A large crowd came to watch the boxers duke it out.
  2. (informal) To argue heavily or at length.
    • The candidates duked it out on the proposal for hours.

Questions about duked it out

What is duked it out the simple past and past participle of?
Duked it out is the simple past and past participle of duke it out.

Words near duked it out in the dictionary

  1. Duke of Yorks
  2. duke out
  3. duke up
  4. duked
  5. duked in
  6. duked it out
  7. duked out
  8. duked up
  9. dukedom
  10. dukedoms
  11. dukeite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: duked it out (page history and authors); duke it out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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