English
Verb
duke it out
#To fight, especially with the fists.
#:A large crowd came to watch the boxers duke it out.
#idiom To argue heavily or at length.
#:The candidates duked it out on the proposal for hours.
#:Like pharmaceutical companies that sue generic drug makers over their patents or technology companies that duke it out over who owns the right to microchip designs, Levi�s says it is trying to protect its most valuable asset, its trademarks. - 29/01/2007, New York Times 1
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