slug it out
idiom
informal
: to fight or compete over something until one side wins
The companies are slugging it out in court.
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Two columnists slug it out July 12, 2024 The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were one such moment.
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Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2024
The more these guys trash-talk each other, suck up to each other, hug it out, slug it out, undermine and over-inflate their respective achievements, the more that Mountainhead sketches a picture of these Master of the Universe in a manner that occasionally draws blood.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2025
Advertisement These Chargers will run the ball down your throat, ignoring the arm of great young quarterback Justin Herbert to slug it out in the trenches.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
Two columnists slug it out July 12, 2024 How do California’s delegates feel?
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
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Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2024
The more these guys trash-talk each other, suck up to each other, hug it out, slug it out, undermine and over-inflate their respective achievements, the more that Mountainhead sketches a picture of these Master of the Universe in a manner that occasionally draws blood.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2025
Advertisement These Chargers will run the ball down your throat, ignoring the arm of great young quarterback Justin Herbert to slug it out in the trenches.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
Two columnists slug it out July 12, 2024 How do California’s delegates feel?
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
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“Slug it out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slug%20it%20out. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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