| 单词 | knock-down drag-out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasknock-down (and) drag-out 2. An act of knocking down; a blow that knocks down or fells to the ground; figurative an overwhelming blow; a stand-up or free fight. Also (U.S. colloquial) knock-down (and) drag-out: a free-for-all, a rough-and-tumble fight; also transferred and attributive. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight > in which anyone or everyone joins battle royal1672 free fight1729 knock-down (and) drag-out1809 rough and tumble1821 free-for-all1874 go-as-you-please1880 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > a severe blow > a knock-down blow recumbentibusc1425 knocker1674 knock-down1809 sockdolager1830 purler1850 grounder1889 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight > standing knock-down1845 stand-up1868 stand-up fight1884 1809 Sporting Mag. 33 6 This round produced the first blood, and first knock-down. 1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 85 It is a knockdown to all Morgan's arguments and mine. 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. iv. 93 Making it a real knock-down and drag-out! 1834 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 3 304/1 He was one of our careless unconcerned knock down and drag out looking sort of fellows. 1834 W. A. Carruthers Kentuckian in N.Y. I. 61 It's what I would call a regular row; I never saw a prettier knock down and drag out in all the days of my life. 1837 R. M. Bird Nick of Woods II. 105 It war a reggelar fair knock-down-and-drag-out, and I lick'd him! 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxvi. 395 ‘I'll try and bear up agin such a reg'lar knock down o' talent,’ replied Sam. 1845 E. Miall in Nonconformist 5 437 Let us turn to and have a real Irish knockdown. 1932 Tulsa (Okla.) World 13 Mar. v. 2/3 A knock-down-and-drag-out battle between Roosevelt and Smith forces. 1941 W. H. Auden New Year Let. ii. 34 The hard self-conscious particles Collide, divide like numerals In knock-down drag-out laissez-faire. 1949 B. A. Botkin Treasury Southern Folklore ii. iii. 251 When it comes to knock-down-and-drag-out..political bickering..well, as Donald Davidson's typical Middle Georgia country gentleman, ‘Cousin Roderick’, puts it, ‘Politics is for lawyers.’ 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. viii. 89 Whole choruses..and ensemble sections..are delightful..in knockdown and dragout choruses. 1968 Punch 1 May 624/1 An elderly bum who's just sold him the Lincoln Centre at the knock-down drag-out price of fourteen bucks. < as lemmas |
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