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tug of war definition

tug of war (tug′əv wôr′, tug′ə-)

noun

  1. a contest in which two teams pull at opposite ends of a rope, each trying to drag the other across a central line
  2. any power struggle between two parties
Also tug-of-war tug′·-of-war′

noun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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