The two contenders for the lightweight boxing championship were slugging it out in the ring.
The two candidates for Congress were slugging it out on radio and on television.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
slug it out — informal phrase to argue or fight about something until someone wins Thesaurus: to fight physicallysynonym to arguehyponym to attack a person or objectsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
slug it out — {v. phr.} To have a strong verbal or physical battle with someone; to contest something most vigorously. * /The two contenders for the lightweight boxing championship were slugging it out in the ring./ * /The two candidates for Congress were… … Dictionary of American idioms
slug it out — {v. phr.} To have a strong verbal or physical battle with someone; to contest something most vigorously. * /The two contenders for the lightweight boxing championship were slugging it out in the ring./ * /The two candidates for Congress were… … Dictionary of American idioms
slug it out — to compete against someone or something for first or highest position. Will the rest of the country find these teams interesting enough to watch them slug it out on TV for seven games? Two new mystery novels are slugging it out in the bookstores … New idioms dictionary
slug it out — tv. to fight something out; to fight about something figuratively. □ They finally went outside to slug it out. □ We’ll just have to sit down in the conference room and slug it out … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
slug it out — settle a dispute or contest by fighting or competing fiercely. → slug … English new terms dictionary
Slug it out — 1. fight; 2. contend vigorously … Dictionary of Australian slang
slug it out — Australian Slang 1. fight; 2. contend vigorously … English dialects glossary
slug it out — informal to argue or fight about something until someone wins … English dictionary
slug — Ⅰ. slug [1] ► NOUN 1) a tough skinned terrestrial mollusc which lacks a shell and secretes a film of mucus for protection. 2) an amount of alcoholic liquor that is gulped or poured. 3) a bullet. ► VERB (slugged, slugging) … English terms dictionary
