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or knock-down-and-drag-out
Definition of knock-down, drag-out
: marked by extreme violence or bitterness and by the showing of no mercy
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Synonyms & Antonyms for knock-down, drag-out
Synonyms
- bang-bang,
- blood-and-guts,
- convulsive,
- cyclonic,
- explosive,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- furious,
- hammer-and-tongs,
- hot,
- paroxysmal,
- rabid,
- rough,
- stormy,
- tempestuous,
- tumultuous,
- turbulent,
- violent,
- volcanic
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“Knock-down, drag-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knock-down%2C%20drag-out. Accessed 12 Apr. 2021.
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The first known use of knock-down, drag-out was in 1834
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