knock-down-drag-out

or knock-down, drag-out

[ nok-doun-drag-out ]

adjective

1. marked by unrelenting violence:

   a knock-down-drag-out fight.

Word History and Origins

Origin of knock-down-drag-out¹

1820–30; adj. use of verb phrases knock down and drag out

Example Sentences

This promises to be the kind knock-down drag-out heavyweight clash the tournament is all about.

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