knockdown drag-out fight

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knockdown drag-out fight definition

n.
a prolonged and hard fight. : Trying to get my proposal accepted was a knockdown drag-out fight.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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