Republican presidential candidates are duking it out online.
In a London courtroom, Russian strongmen Roman Abramovich and Boris Berezovsky are duking it out over billions.
It would be pointless to spend the next few months duking it out with her only to lose on Caucus Day.
While soccer stars are duking it out in South Africa, math nerds matched wits in Germany.
Where is this raw and savage land where Pit Bulls and Wheatens are duking it out?
early 12c., "sovereign prince," from Old French duc (12c.) and directly from Latin dux (genitive ducis) "leader, commander," in Late Latin "governor of a province," from ducere "to lead," from PIE *deuk- "to lead" (cf. Old English togian "to pull, drag," Old High German ziohan "to pull," Old English togian "to draw, drag," Middle Welsh dygaf "I draw").
Applied in English to "nobleman of the highest rank" probably first mid-14c., ousting native earl. Also used to translate various European titles (e.g. Russian knyaz).
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[perhaps fr Romany dook, ''the hand as read in palmistry, one's fate'']