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View synonyms for knock-down-drag-out
knock-down-drag-out
or knock-down, drag-out
[ nok-doun-drag-out ]
adjective
- marked by unrelenting violence:
a knock-down-drag-out fight.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of knock-down-drag-out1
1820–30; adj. use of verb phrases knock down and drag out
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Example Sentences
This promises to be the kind knock-down drag-out heavyweight clash the tournament is all about.
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