brawl
noun
an angry, rough, noisy fight, especially one engaged in under the influence of alcohol.
have brawled
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present perfectof brawl.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since the mid-1990s, chief executives and municipalities have brawled over policy and authority.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 8, 2021
For more than two decades, Pan American World Airways and W. R. Grace & Co. have brawled through the courts and before the Civil Aeronautics Board over the upbringing of their jointly owned offspring.
From Time Magazine Archive
Indeed, if thou hadst been absent I should have brawled it with her.
From Mistress Penwick by Dutton Payne
