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slug it out

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slug it out
to compete against someone or something for first or highest position. Will the rest of the country find these teams interesting enough to watch them slug it out on TV for seven games? Two new mystery novels are slugging it out in the bookstores.
Related vocabulary: fight it out, duke it out
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of slug it out (= to fight, esp. by hitting with the hands)


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