Synonyms for tug-of-war

Grammar : Noun

Top 10 synonyms for tug-of-war

Other synonyms for the word tug-of-war

Définition 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

Antonyms for tug-of-war

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