Meanings
verbslug it out (third-person singular simple present slugs it out, present participle slugging it out, simple past and past participle slugged it out)
present singular third person slugs it out · participle present slugging it out · participle past slugged it out · past slugged it out
- idiomaticinformalTo have an intense argument or fight until one side prevails.
Merkel’s political and scientific sides slug it out in swan song presser [title]
2021 July 22, Philip Oltermann, “Merkel’s political and scientific sides slug it out in swan song presser”, in The Guardian1 more example
For once I'd met a man which was willing and able to stand up and slug it out with me.
1932, Robert E. Howard, Vikings of the Gloves
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 决一雌雄, 一决高下
- 决一雌雄To have an intense argument or fight until one side prevails.
- 一决高下 (yījuégāoxià)To have an intense argument or fight until one side prevails.
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slug it out,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slug%20it%20out.
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