duke it out
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
"Instead of outguessing the market, let me make all these thousands or millions of people who are investing work for me. I’m just going to sit back and let them duke it out," Booth says.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 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
