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Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - tug-of-war

 
 

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Tug-of-war

tug-of-war
 noun  (plural tugs-of-war)  Date: 1677  1. a struggle for supremacy or control usually involving two antagonists  2. a contest in which two teams pull against each other at opposite ends of a rope with the object of pulling the middle of the rope over a mark on the ground
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1.
  сущ. упорная конкурентная борьба ...
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2.
  see tug-of-war ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
  ~ n 1 a test of strength in which two teams pull against each other on a rope 2 a situation in which two people or groups try very hard to get or keep the same thing  (The children are trapped in an emotional tug-of-war when their parents quarrel.) ...
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  {n.} 1. A game in which two teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, trying to pull the other team over a line marked on the ground. * /The tug-of-war ended when both teams tumbled in a heap./ 2. A contest in which two sides try to defeat each other; struggle. * /A tug-of-war developed between the boys who wanted to go fishing and those who wanted to go hiking./ * /Betty felt a tug-of-war between her wish to go to the movies and her realizing she had to do her homework./ * /The tug of war between the union men and management ended in a long strike./ ...
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