fight it out
idiom
1
: to be in a fight
People were fighting it out over parking spaces.
2
: to end a dispute by fighting or arguing
This matter won't be settled until the lawyers fight it out in court.
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First, Florida and Auburn will fight it out for SEC supremacy and a shot in the championship game.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The creators of Nation’s Dumbest, in which 12 celebrities fight it out to be eliminated from the competition as quickly as possible to avoid being crowned the nation’s dumbest, have remixed the formula.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
These firms are prepared to fight it out in the one place where Trump can be forced to listen: The courts.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Talk about a potential settlement, which has been discussed internally, has now quieted as CBS seems willing to fight it out, even as the FCC reviews parent company Paramount’s sale to Skydance and Carr is likely to seek concessions.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The creators of Nation’s Dumbest, in which 12 celebrities fight it out to be eliminated from the competition as quickly as possible to avoid being crowned the nation’s dumbest, have remixed the formula.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
These firms are prepared to fight it out in the one place where Trump can be forced to listen: The courts.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Talk about a potential settlement, which has been discussed internally, has now quieted as CBS seems willing to fight it out, even as the FCC reviews parent company Paramount’s sale to Skydance and Carr is likely to seek concessions.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Fight it out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fight%20it%20out. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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