Question of the Day #1383

UCLA hold off Texas in slugfest to set up title game matchup with South Carolina

From the headline of this article at The Guardian.

  上記の文で、slugfestの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "slugfest" mean?

  答えは、コメントに書いてください。
Write your answer in the Comments.

明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.

 

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