tussle

Converse of object

• win: He won a tussle with Everitt outside the box, dragged the ball back to Davidson who made aright hash of the shot.
• have: I got a few good laughs, I also had a real tussle with the audience.
• see: Spike smiled to see the silent tussle over the keys, before she pushed Giles into the passenger seat.
• enjoy: It's about Charlton v Fulham, the two sides that have enjoyed three tremendous tussles already this season.
• follow: Brow youngsters celebrate cup treble WATH Brow under-14s were celebrating after lifting the Cumbria Cup â following a tough tussle with Ellenborough.
• lose: Tried a fiddle down the middle - met with muscle, lost the tussle.

Preposition: for

• ball: His tackling was precise and he was seldom beaten in any tussle for the ball.
• lead: Johnson followed but did not get a real chance to challenge as the two in front tussled for the lead till the end.

Adjective modifier

• titanic: First John White took out David Evans in a titanic tussle that brought the full house regularly to its feet.
• tremendous: It's about Charlton v Fulham, the two sides that have enjoyed three tremendous tussles already this season.
• tight: The other half of the draw had tight tussles of its own from the start.
• close: The fourth game was a very close tussle with the service changing hands frequently.
• legal: Should the boss resign he will be breaching his contract which could result in a legal tussle.
• long: Adair Turner's long tussle with the arcane British pensions system invites comparison with undertaking an arduous military campaign.

Modifying Another Word

• still: Back on ship Neil still tussled with getting his e-mail to poll correctly after getting rather clogged up with attachments.

Noun used with modifier

• day: Getting there by itself is one tough job, and sustaining your place there is another day to day tussle.
• midfield: Firstly, Raith's Davidson and Forfar's Donald both saw yellow after a midfield tussle.
• way: The Norwegians were involved in a four way tussle for qualification in a group that went right down to the wire.
• minute: After a 20 minute tussle the two of them land a sparkler of an 18lb fish.
• opening: Supermarine had recently beaten Blackheath in the Cup competition and this opening tussle showed how much Club had learned from their previous encounter.