Synonyms for Tug-of-war

Synonyms for "tug-of-war" (63 found)

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Closest matches (13)

action aerial combat affray armored combat attraction battle battle royal brush bullfight clash clash of arms cockfight combat

Strong matches (19)

competition conflict contest dogfight draft draught draughtsman draughty drawing drayage embroilment exchange of blows extraction fight fire fight fray ground combat hand-to-hand combat hand-to-hand fight

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6 entries

athletic competition athletic contest athletics battle conflict struggle

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

"Mr Chairman, what needs moving next, again?" "Scoreboard, giant ball and the tug-of-war rope."

Source: tatoeba (328696)

Two men had their arms severed in Taiwan after a tug-of-war accident.

Source: tatoeba (834402)

Scientists at the U.S. space agency, NASA, say they’ve been able to observe, for the first time from lunar orbit, a “bulge” in the moon caused by the “gravitational tug-of-war with Earth.”

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There's an ideal tug-of-war between us.

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