The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fight \Fight\, v. t.
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To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause.
He had to fight his way through the world.
--Macaulay.I have fought a good fight.
--2 Tim. iv. 7. To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours.
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To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.
To fight it out, to fight until a decisive and conclusive result is reached.
Usage examples of "to fight it out".
You're right and he's wrong, but it's more trouble than it's worth to fight it out.
The bystanders interfered and tried to separate them, but they could not do it, and so allowed them to fight it out.
All the other gods and congregations have to fight it out for position and status, competing for worshippers and collection moneys in a positively Darwinian battle for survival.
As Hermogenes had predicted, the Jews had been quite ready to fight it out with the Hippodrome mob.