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slug it out

slug it out verb: to have an intense argument or fight until one side prevails.

Verb

slug it out (third-person singular simple present slugs it out, present participle slugging it out, simple past and past participle slugged it out)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To have an intense argument or fight until one side prevails.
    • For once I'd met a man which was willing and able to stand up and slug it out with me.1932, Robert E. Howard, Vikings of the Gloves
    • Merkel’s political and scientific sides slug it out in swan song presser [title]2021 July 22, Philip Oltermann, “Merkel’s political and scientific sides slug it out in swan song presser”, in The Guardian

Forms of slug it out

third-person singular presentslugs it out
present participleslugging it out
past participleslugged it out
pastslugged it out

Questions about slug it out

What does slug it out mean?
Slug it out means to have an intense argument or fight until one side prevails.
What part of speech is slug it out?
Slug it out is a verb.
What is the past tense of slug it out?
The past tense of slug it out is slugged it out.

Words near slug it out in the dictionary

  1. slug
  2. slug away
  3. slug bug
  4. slug caterpillar
  5. slug caterpillars
  6. slug it out
  7. slug line
  8. slug lines
  9. slug moth
  10. slug moths
  11. slug out

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