Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal)To fight, especially with the fists.

    A large crowd came to watch the boxers duke it out.

  2. (informal)To argue heavily or at length.

    The candidates duked it out on the proposal for hours.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Bob and Hank are duking it out in the alley behind the bar.

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Origin

See put up one's dukes.

See put up one's dukes.

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Forms

dukes it out, duking it out, duked it out, duked it out
Base formduke it out · to duke it out
3rd person singulardukes it out
Present participleduking it out
Past simpleduked it out
Past participleduked it out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyduke it out
he, she, itdukes it out

Past simpleLesson

all personsduked it out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave duked it out
he, she, ithas duked it out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill duke it out

Word family

1 related words
Derivedduke out

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dugoutduhdukedulcimerdullB1
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