knockdown-dragout

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Adjective

knockdown-dragout (comparative more knockdown-dragout, superlative most knockdown-dragout)

  1. Of a fight or battle, markedly violent.

Noun

knockdown-dragout (plural knockdown-dragouts)

  1. A knockdown-dragout fight; a free-for-all.

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