knock-down-drag-out
or knock-down, drag-out
[ nok-doun-drag-out ]
/ ˈnɒkˌdaʊnˈdrægˌaʊt /
adjective
marked by unrelenting violence: a knock-down-drag-out fight.
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Nearby words
knock the bottom out of, knock the living daylights out of, knock the socks off, knock together, knock up, knock-down-drag-out, knock-for-knock, knock-knee, knock-on, knock-on effect, knockabout
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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