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dukes out

dukes out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of duke out.

Meaning of duke out

Verb

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

  1. (slang, transitive) To fight, especially with fists; to knock out (someone).
    • Both perfect homes are destroyed—and yet the two men remain effectively passive, locked in hang-ups while assorted protégés and allies do all the duking out and legwork.2016 May 23, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club

Questions about dukes out

What is dukes out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dukes out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of duke out.

Words near dukes out in the dictionary

  1. dukes
  2. Dukes County
  3. dukes in
  4. dukes it out
  5. Dukes of Edinburgh
  6. dukes out
  7. dukes up
  8. dukeship
  9. dukeships
  10. Dukestown
  11. dukey

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