slug out
To engage in a match, fight, battle, argument or competitionTo engage in a match, fight, battle, argument or competition.
» We slugged it out.
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7 senses(transitive)To engage in a match, fight, battle, argument or competition.
They slugged out two wins last month.
(intransitive, usually)To be fought or competed.
It was a victory slugged out by the French.
(slang)To hit a ball.
He slugged out a homerun in the second inning.
(transitive)To write down with a typewriter.
(transitive)To add a slug (A block of text at the beginning of a scene), write a scene with a slug or write many slugs in a script.
(intransitive, transitive)To add directions (such as for sound effects) to an animation script.
(obsolete, transitive)To print (something) using slugs (A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine).
Examples
2 sentencesWe slugged it out.
The boys couldn't agree who tougher, so they decided to slug it out.
Forms
slugs out, slugging out, slugged out, slugged out| Base form | slug out · to slug out |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | slugs out |
| Present participle | slugging out |
| Past simple | slugged out |
| Past participle | slugged out |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.