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Knockdown-dragout

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Adjective

1. knock-down-and-drag-out, knockdown-dragout

extremely violent

Example Sentences:
'a knock-down-and-drag-out fight'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Knockdown-dragout

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Informal
1. 
characterized by great violence, harshness, animosity, etc.
a knock-down, drag-out argument
2. 
an extremely harsh or violent fight, argument, etc.

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Knockdown-dragout

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adj.
Marked by roughness, violence, and acrimony: a knockdown-dragout fight.

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