duke it out

VERB

fight with

Synonyms

WEAK

battle bump heads cross swords with do battle fight fight it out fight to the finish give no quarter lock horns mix it up with struggle with tangle with wrestle with

Example Sentences

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Mexico and South Korea duke it out at 9.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026

“If anyone expected the two of them to duke it out in Wright’s much-maligned rotunda,” Huxtable writes, they’d be shocked to discover the two Franks waltzing harmoniously instead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Canada and United States have been the two best teams in the men's ice hockey competition, and they will duke it out at Milano Santagiulia Arena on Sunday at 13.10 GMT.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Put into the same boxing ring to duke it out, the movie’s unintentional silliness easily KO’s its blips of emotional gravity.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

“Maybe I’ll run in to you off-world sometime. We can duke it out then.”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline