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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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tussle, clash, brawl, ruckus, scuffle, scrimmage, fracas, skirmish, brouhaha, free-for-all, quarrel, trouble, controversy, squabble, dispute, flap, riot, uproar, feud, melee

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  2. knock the living daylights out of,
  3. knock the socks off,
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  6. knock-for-knock,
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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
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