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duking it out

duking it out is the present participle and gerund 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 duking it out

What is duking it out the present participle and gerund of?
Duking it out is the present participle and gerund of duke it out.

Words near duking it out in the dictionary

  1. Dukhobortsy
  2. dukicide
  3. Dukinfield
  4. duking
  5. duking in
  6. duking it out
  7. duking out
  8. duking up
  9. dukkah
  10. dukkeripen
  11. dukkha

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Adapted from Wiktionary: duking 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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