knock-down-drag-out
or knock-down, drag-out
[ nok-doun-drag-out ]
/ ˈnɒkˌdaʊnˈdrægˌaʊt /
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adjective
marked by unrelenting violence: a knock-down-drag-out fight.
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Also knock-down-and-drag-out .
Origin of knock-down-drag-out
1820–30; adj. use of verb phrases knock down and drag out
Words nearby knock-down-drag-out
knockabout, knock back, knock cold, knock dead, knockdown, knock-down-drag-out, knock down with a feather, knocked-down, knocker, knock for a loop, knock-for-knock
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