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Antonyms for tug-of-war


Grammar : Noun



Definition of tug-of-war

  • As in rivalry : noun competition
  • As in warfare : noun armed conflict
  • As in competition : noun contest
  • As in conflict : noun fight, warfare
  • As in contest : noun fight, struggle
Example sentences :
  • It was the tug-of-war being played with a life as the stakes.
  • Extract from : « Auld Licht Idylls » by J. M. Barrie
  • The tug-of-war team, of which I was a member, was quite as successful as the oarsmen.
  • Extract from : « Through St. Dunstan's to Light » by James H. Rawlinson
  • It had all the characteristics of a tug-of-war, and irresistibly he was drawn over the line.
  • Extract from : « The Place of Honeymoons » by Harold MacGrath
  • They were having a tug-of-war and it was hardly a fair battle.
  • Extract from : « Madge Morton's Victory » by Amy D.V. Chalmers
  • The girls organized themselves into a tug-of-war team (Fig. 293).
  • Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various
  • There is then a tug-of-war, with the Namer and Foolie as the leaders.
  • Extract from : « The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol I of II) » by Alice Bertha Gomme
  • We were now going up-hill, and even the horses found it a tug-of-war.
  • Extract from : « Glories of Spain » by Charles W. Wood
  • Remember, from now on comes the tug-of-war, as the old saying goes.
  • Extract from : « To Alaska for Gold » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • It is the anchor in a tug-of-war who does the head work for the team.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale » by Burt L. Standish
  • In a tug-of-war, we have to put two men on our end for every one of theirs.
  • Extract from : « Uller Uprising » by Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr

Synonyms for tug-of-war

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