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slug out

C1 informal separable transitive
In simple words

To hit something very hard, or to produce or get something done through a lot of effort

Literal meaning: To hit something hard out of a place

Meanings

1 C1 neutral

(Baseball/Sport) To hit a ball far and powerfully

"He slugged the ball out of the park for a spectacular home run."

Grammar: separable
2 C1 idiomatic informal

To produce something — such as a piece of writing or a decision — through hard effort

"She slugged out a response to the critic at two in the morning."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

Less common than 'slug it out'. The transitive use ('slug out a response') is rare and very informal. More often encountered in baseball contexts (slugging the ball out of the park).

Commonly used with

home run response answer ball solution

Forms

Base
slug out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
slugs out
he/she/it
Past simple
sluged out
yesterday
Past participle
sluged out
have + pp
-ing form
sluging out
continuous

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Synonyms

knock out hit hard crank out bash out hammer out

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