Without boxing gloves / Ruthlessly competitive

Alternative form of bare-knuckle

simple past tense and past participle of bare knuckle

Alternative form of bare-knuckled

simple past tense and past participle of bare-knuckle

Without boxing gloves / Ruthlessly competitive

(boxing) Without boxing gloves. / (by extension) Characterized by ruthlessly attacking or overpowering an opponent, especially when using underhanded techniques.

To box without boxing gloves. / To attack or overpower ruthlessly.

plural of bare license

(law) A license to use intellectual or real property without any promise of exclusivity.