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  • 31knock down — {{hw}}{{knock down}}{{/hw}}locuz. agg. inv.  e avv. Detto del pugile che, atterrato dall avversario, riesce a rialzarsi entro dieci secondi, continuando l incontro …

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  • 32knock-down-drag-out — /nok down drag owt /, adj. marked by unrelenting violence: a knock down drag out fight. Also, knock down, drag out; knock down and drag out. [1820 30; adj. use of v. phrases knock down and drag out] * * * n. informal a free for all fight [as ad …

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  • 33knock-down-and-drag-out — adjective extremely violent a knock down and drag out fight • Syn: ↑knockdown dragout • Similar to: ↑violent • Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism * * * I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷  …

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  • 34Knock-down kit — For other uses of the abbreviation CKD , see CKD. A knock down kit (also styled knockdown kit, knocked down kit, or simply knockdown, and sometimes abbreviated KD) is a kit containing the parts needed to assemble a product. The parts are… …

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  • 35knock-down-drag-out — /nok down drag owt /, adj. marked by unrelenting violence: a knock down drag out fight. Also, knock down, drag out; knock down and drag out. [1820 30; adj. use of v. phrases knock down and drag out] * * * …

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  • 36knock-down, drag-out — /ˈnɒk daʊn ˌdræg aʊt/ (say nok down .drag owt) adjective characterised by unrestrained violence: it was a knock down, drag out fight. Also, knockdown, dragout. {US colloquial phrase (1820s) to knock down and drag out meaning to vanquish utterly ; …

  • 37knock-down, drag-out — or knock down and drag out adjective Date: 1834 marked by extreme violence or bitterness and by the showing of no mercy < knock down, drag out political debates > • knock down drag out noun …

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  • 38knock-down, drag-out — adjective see knock down and drag out I * * * (or knock down drag out) adj, always used before a noun US informal : very angry or violent We had a knock down drag out argument …

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  • 39knock-down-drag-out — American a knock down drag out fight or argument is very serious and continues for a long time. Look, I don t want to get into a knock down drag out fight with you over this so let s forget it. (always before noun) …

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  • 40knock-down-and-drag-out — adjective see knock down, drag out …

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