fight it out

idiom

1
: to be in a fight
People were fighting it out over parking spaces.
2
: to end a dispute by fighting or arguing
This matter won't be settled until the lawyers fight it out in court.

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With the Los Angeles Dodgers, Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres expected to fight it out all season long atop the NL West, the San Francisco Giants were a bit lost in the mix. Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025 Given that, the decision to prepare to gain public support and fight it out in court doesn't seem unreasonable. ArsTechnica, 15 Apr. 2025 First, Florida and Auburn will fight it out for SEC supremacy and a shot in the championship game. Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025 The creators of Nation’s Dumbest, in which 12 celebrities fight it out to be eliminated from the competition as quickly as possible to avoid being crowned the nation’s dumbest, have remixed the formula. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fight it out

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“Fight it out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fight%20it%20out. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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