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tug of war

noun
/ˈtʌɡ əv ˌwɔː/UK/ˈtʌɡ əv ˌwɔɹ/US

Definitions

  1. A game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to…

    A game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams.

    • [Gordon Burn:] You told me you had tugs-of-war with your sisters over small, common-or-garden, apparently insignificant household things, things that you felt meant more to you than the others.

  2. A dispute between two parties, particularly an entrenched, back-and-forth dispute.

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