English

Verb

duke out ‎(third-person singular simple present dukes out, present participle duking out, simple past and past participle duked out)

1. To fight, especially with fists.
   • 2016 May 23, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club:

     Both perfect homes are destroyed—and yet the two men remain effectively passive, locked in hang-ups while assorted protégés and allies do all the duking out and legwork.