From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfight something out phrasal verbARGUEto argue or fight until a disagreement is settled We left them to fight it out. → fight→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
fight out• When the soldiers blocked university students from entering campuses the next morning, name-calling and fights broke out.• A white Democrat challenged him; a fight broke out and the Democrat was killed and Tolbert was wounded.• Further fights broke out around the pub, and windows were smashed.• Anybody else, including newcomer Wil Cordero, must fight it out in spring training just to be his backup.• But this time, what Frank and Tod did was to fight Carmichael out in the territory.• She looked at him a moment as if there were some kind of regret or shame fighting it out inside of her.• While the two sides fight it out, the only winners so far are the travelling public of Stroud.• Here and there the anti-Fascists were grouped together and running fights broke out with the Blackshirts.fight it out• Do you react by becoming rather subdued and leaving the protagonists to fight it out?• It was evident that the sensible decision had been reached to let the two most concerned fight it out alone.• Anybody else, including newcomer Wil Cordero, must fight it out in spring training just to be his backup.• The two groups will fight it out in the courts.• She looked at him a moment as if there were some kind of regret or shame fighting it out inside of her.• He would not fight it out just yet.• Enough then of words, and let us fight it out like very knights.• While the two sides fight it out, the only winners so far are the travelling public of Stroud.• I think Sadie will just keep fighting it out, you know? 