knock-down-drag-out
or knock-down, drag-out
[ nok-doun-drag-out ]
/ ˈnɒkˌdaʊnˈdrægˌaʊt /
adjective
marked by unrelenting violence: a knock-down-drag-out fight.
Also
knock-down-and-drag-out.
Origin of knock-down-drag-out
1820–30; adj. use of verb phrases
knock down and
drag out
Words nearby knock-down-drag-out
knock the bottom out of,
knock the living daylights out of,
knock the socks off,
knock together,
knock up,
knock-down-drag-out,
knock-for-knock,
knock-knee,
knock-on,
knock-on effect,
knockabout