tug of war
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tug of war
- /ˈtʌɡ əv ˌwɔː/ UK
- /ˈtʌɡ əv ˌwɔɹ/ US
noun tugs of war · tug of wars · tug-of-war
- A game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams. [Gordon Burn:] You told me you had tugs-of-war with your sisters over small, common-or-garden, apparently insignificant household things, things that you felt meant more to you than the others.
- A dispute between two parties, particularly an entrenched, back-and-forth dispute. To sum up, the dynamics of a "tug-of-war" between the supporters and opponents of the powerful and independent constitutional court dispel the traditional version of judicial empowerment as a struggle between “prostrong Court” reformers and antistrong Court” reactionaries.
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noun game
| Español | tira y afloja, cinchada [loca], guerrita de soga |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 줄다리기 juldarigi |
| 日本語 | 綱引き tsuna-hiki |
| 中文 | 拔河 báhé |
| Português | cabo de guerra |
| Français | tir à la corde |
| Deutsch | Tauziehen |
| Italiano | tiro alla fune |
| Русский | перетя́гивание кана́та peretjágivanije kanáta |
| Tiếng Việt | kéo co |
| العربية | شَدّ اَلْحَبْل šadd al-ḥabl |
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@misc{tug_of_war_2026,
title = {tug of war},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tug%20of%20war},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
