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tugs-of-warnounpl. of tug-of-war 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 games, battles, combats, competitions, conflicts, confrontations, contentions, contests, dogfights, duels, face-offs, grapples, matches, rivalries, strifes, struggles, sweepstakes(also sweep-stake), warfares, wars horse races, nail-bitersshowdownsclashes, collisions, discords, frictionsarguments, controversies, debates, disagreements, disputations, disputes, dissensions(also dissentions), quarrels, rows, wrangles concords, harmonies, peaces |