fight one's way out (of something)

fight one's way out (of something)
fight one's way out (of something) & fight one's way out
to struggle to get out of something or some place. •

He fought his way out of the crowded room and out through the door.

He couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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