Probably suggesting a detailed description of afight orboxing match, whereblow means a hit or a landed punch.
blow-by-blow (notcomparable)
- Detailing everyaction oroccurrence completely.
He gave ablow-by-blow account of the entire trip.
2000, Yunzhong Shu, chapter 2, inBuglers on the Home Front: The Wartime Practice of the Qiyue School, State University of New York Press,→ISBN, page58:In a lapidary style, Qiu Dongping clearly and forcefully describes battlefield actions with simple sentences, giving ablow-by-blow account of successive events with neither understatement nor exaggeration.
blow-by-blow (pluralblow-by-blows)
- Anaccount,description, orcommentary including every detail of the action orevent.
The media published ablow-by-blow of the trial as it happened.
account including every detail