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fight it out
Idioms and Phrases
Settle a dispute by fighting, either physically or verbally. For example, The two sides couldn't agree on a budget but were determined to fight it out to the end . [Mid-1500s]Example Sentences
Secondly, lawyers are expensive and most care workers, already in deep debt, can hardly afford to fight it out in the courts.
"Either we're going to end it or let him fight it out, and if he fights it out, it's not going to be pretty," Trump said.
“Your people are very brave. You’re either going to make a deal, or we’re out. And if we’re out, you’ll fight it out — I don’t think it’s going to be pretty, but you’ll fight it out. But you don’t have the cards.”
We talked about it and worked through it, and because I know them well, we were able to kind of fight it out and get there.
The Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings do battle for the NFC's top spot in the big game of the weekend, while the Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers fight it out for the NFC South.
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