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Meanings of bare-knuckle in English

Characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules.

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Examples for "rough-and-tumble"
Examples for "rough-and-tumble"
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So much about this young, rough-and-tumble country reminded me of my own.
The lost girls: three friends. four continents. one unconvention...
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It also kept him attuned to the rough-and-tumble of the criminal marketplace.
Layover in dubai
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Even when these were prohibited the game was of a rough-and-tumble variety.
The Irish Times
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The rough-and-tumble aspect of playing with colour is not for shrinking violets.
Independent.ie
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But Patsy was a rushing, rough-and-tumble saloon-fighter, while Watson was a boxer.
The Night-Born
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Bilal is also the bare-knuckled survivor of music industry b.s.
Ebony
2
Like its protagonist, the movie keeps its distance from the bare-knuckled world of D.C. politics.
Reuters
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The blood in his skull pounded like bare-knuckled pugilists.
The notorious scoundrel
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Or perhaps a match of bare-knuckled boxing.
The sherlockian
5
Back to his roots as Ian Fleming's driven, bare-knuckled, rough-around-the-edges sociopathic killer in Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Reuters
Usage of bare-knuckle in English
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It sounds a bit like a bare-knuckle version of Yes Minister.
Independent.ie
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In Ireland he had been a bare-knuckle fighter, or so Vincent had heard.
Heart of oak
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Lobov brushes aside the suggestion that bare-knuckle boxing is more primitive than MMA.
Reuters
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If nothing else, it's bringing bare-knuckle shopping into the digital world.
Wired
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Once again then all aboard for another of those bare-knuckle rides.
The Irish Times
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Overnight, the kid is transformed into the bare-knuckle circuit's latest chump.
Reuters
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He clung to hope like a bare-knuckle climber clutching at a rock face.
Mistress of the game
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The bare-knuckle fights in the ring were fierce and bloody.
The new yorker
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And in some cases, it is the result of bare-knuckle political tactics of Republican governors.
The Guardian
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Indeed, a German magazine once digitally edited together pictures of us sparring as bare-knuckle boxers.
The Guardian
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Would it be bare-knuckle, or would it be like Gandalf versus Saruman using those papal croziers?'
Pandaemonium
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Chicago is a big town, with a rough-and-ready bare-knuckle tradition on both sides of the law.
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontie...
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This being a bare-knuckle fight for a matter of principle, the combatants will not shake hands.
Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point; Or, Two Chums in the C...
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Friday's word was vulgarian, following close after bare-knuckle.
The Irish Times
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Then she was back to facing Cameron solo, and dishing out bare-knuckle blows and roundhouse kicks.
Monster republic
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The changes in Senate rules that set up this fight were themselves the product of bare-knuckle politics.
The Guardian