knockdown drag-out fight
knockdown drag-out fight
n. a prolonged and hard fight. Trying to get my proposal accepted was a knockdown drag-out fight.
See also: fight
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- fish-fight
- fight
- fight (one's way) through
- fight through
- fight for
- fight for (someone or something)
- could fight a circle-saw
- could fight a circle-saw (and it a runnin')
- it takes two to make a quarrel
- quarrel