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tug-of-warnoun an earnest effort for superiority or victory over anotherthe effort to get their teenage son to keep his room clean is a constant tug-of-war ball game, battle, combat, competition, conflict, confrontation, contention, contest, dogfight, duel, face-off, grapple, match, rivalry, strife, struggle, sweepstakes(also sweep-stake), war, warfare horse race, nail-bitershowdownclash, collision, discord, frictionargument, controversy, debate, disagreement, disputation, dispute, dissension(also dissention), quarrel, row, wrangle concord, harmony, peace in 1677 |