slug it out
English
Verb
slug it out (third-person singular simple present slugs it out, present participle slugging it out, simple past and past participle slugged it out)
- (informal) To have an intense argument or fight until one side prevails.
- 1932, Robert E. Howard, Vikings of the Gloves:
- For once I'd met a man which was willing and able to stand up and slug it out with me.