battle (something) out

To struggle against an opponent for something. Those two teams really battled it out in an intense playoff series. My agent and the movie studio are battling out the terms of my contract now.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Varghese	-	Indian, Malayalam
Marko	MAHR-ko (Finnish)	Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Finnish, Basque
Else	EL-se (Danish, Norwegian), EL-sə (German, Dutch)	Danish, Norwegian, German, Dutch
Kruno	-	Croatian
Nic	NIK	English
Kirk	KURK	English