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KNOCK-DOWN-AND-DRAG-OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does knock-down-and-drag-out mean? 

KNOCK-DOWN-AND-DRAG-OUT (adjective)
  The adjective KNOCK-DOWN-AND-DRAG-OUT has 1 sense:

1. extremely violentplay

  Familiarity information: KNOCK-DOWN-AND-DRAG-OUT used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KNOCK-DOWN-AND-DRAG-OUT (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Extremely violent

Synonyms:

knock-down-and-drag-out; knockdown-dragout

Context example:

a knock-down-and-drag-out fight

Similar:

violent (acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


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