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knock-down-and-drag-out
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective knock-down-and-drag-out has 1 sense
- knock-down-and-drag-out(s = adj.all) knockdown-dragout - extremely violent; "a knock-down-and-drag-out fight"
CIDE DICTIONARY
knock-down-and-drag-out, adj.
marked by extreme violence; -- of fights; also used metaphorically of fierce contests; as, a knock-down-and-drag-out fight; a knockdown-dragout competition for the browser market. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
knock-down-and-drag-out
affray, altercation, barney, bickering, boisterous, brawl, broil, dispute, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, dustup, fight, fracas, fray, free-for-all, harum-scarum, hassle, knockabout, melee, rambunctious, rampageous, rhubarb, riot, roisterous, rollicking, rough, rough-and-tumble, row, rowdy, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, run-in, scrap, scrimmage, set-to, shindy, wild
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