fisticuff vs lick the pants off

fisticuff

verb

  • To engage in a physical fight. 

noun

  • A fistfight. 

lick the pants off

verb

  • To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition. 

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