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单词 to box it out
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to box it out (also †to box it off)
P2. to box it out (also †to box it off): to settle a dispute by fighting; to contest a fight to the end; also in extended use with reference to an argument, etc.; cf. to fight it out at fight v. 8(b).
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1689 R. L'Estrange Dialogue between Sir R. L. & T. O. D. 21 Even Porters and Carmen, instead of boxing it out, could threaten one another with an Observator.
1694 J. Collier Misc. iv. 38 Clowns may Box if off, and be quiet.
1702 D. Defoe More Reformation Pref. 2 The Englishmen fairly Box it out.
1809 T. E. Hook Killing no Murder i. iii. 20 If all things were determined by the fist, it would be devilish good—..a chancery suit that has been pending for twenty nay for a hundred years might be settled in half an hour—a couple of barristers box it out, and the Lord Chancellor, or Master of the Rolls stand by as umpire.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 36/1 The greatest blow of all was received in 1395, when the Sorbonne decreed that the two contending popes might box it out themselves, and that the people of France should have nothing to do with either.
1982 Grievance Guide (Bureau Nat. Affairs) (ed. 6) 38/2 After an argument on the job, the employee and his supervisor agreed to meet at a nearby parking lot to ‘box it out’.
2013 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 30 Mar. d5 At the end of the training period, you'll step into the ring and box it out to see who truly is the best ‘White Collar Brawler’.
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