Monday, June 25, 2012

slog it out/slug it out: Common Errors in English Usage Entry for Monday, June 25, 2012

slog it out/slug it out 
Slogging is a slow, messy business, typically tramping through sticky mud or metaphorically struggling with other difficult tasks. You might slog through a pile of receipts to do your taxes. If you are engaged in a fierce battle with an adversary, however, you slug it out, like boxers slugging each other. There is no such expression as “slog it out.”

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