tug of war
Noun
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Noun
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.
- (idiomatic) A dispute between two parties, particularly an entrenched, back-and-forth dispute.
- French: tir à la corde
- German: Tauziehen
- Italian: tiro alla fune
- Portuguese: cabo de guerra
- Russian: перетя́гивание кана́та
- Spanish: tira y afloja
- German: Tauziehen, Gezerre
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