Knock-down-drag-out
[nok-doun-drag-out] /ˈnɒkˌdaʊnˈdrægˌaʊt/
adjective
1.
marked by unrelenting violence:
a knock-down-drag-out fight.
adjective phrase
Very violent; unrestrained; all-out: They were having a knock-downdrag-out argument when I got there
noun
: Seems the neighbors were having a knockdown-drag-out (1827+)
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