slug out

verb

To engage in a match, fight, battle, argument or competition.

“They slugged out two wins last month.”

Meanings

verbslug out (third-person singular simple present slugs out, present participle slugging out, simple past and past participle slugged out)

present singular third person slugs out · participle present slugging out · participle past slugged out · past slugged out

  1. transitiveTo engage in a match, fight, battle, argument or competition.

    They slugged out two wins last month.

  2. intransitiveusuallyfight; battle; fight; battleTo be fought or competed.

    It was a victory slugged out by the French.

  3. slangball gamesTo hit a ball.

    He slugged out a homerun in the second inning.

  4. transitiveTo write down with a typewriter.
  5. obsoletetransitivemediaTo print (something) using slugs (A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine).
  6. transitiveTo add a slug (A block of text at the beginning of a scene), write a scene with a slug or write many slugs in a script.
  7. intransitivetransitiveTo add directions (such as for sound effects) to an animation script.
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APA

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Chicago

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