battle out

battle something out

1. Lit. to fight about something to a conclusion. They battled the matter out and came to an agreement. The two young toughs went into the alley to battle out their differences.

2. Fig. to argue something to a conclusion; to struggle to reach a conclusion. The Senate and the House disagree on the bill, so they will have to battle a compromise out.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Akilah	-	Arabic
Tural	-	Azerbaijani
Hyman	['haimən]
Anna	AN-a (English), AHN-nah (Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish), AH-nah (German, Russian), AN-nah (Danish)	English, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Greek, Hung
Olivier	o-lee-VYE (French), O-lee-veer (Dutch)	French, Dutch
Paraskevoula	-	Greek