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tug-of-love

tug-of-love
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tuhg uhv, ov luhv]
    • /tʌg ʌv, ɒv lʌv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tuhg uhv, ov luhv]
    • /tʌg ʌv, ɒv lʌv/

Definitions of tug-of-love word

  • singular noun tug-of-love Journalists sometimes use tug-of-love to refer to a situation in which the parents of a child are divorced and one of the parents tries to get the child from the other, for example by taking him or her illegally. 0
  • noun tug-of-love a conflict over custody of a child between divorced parents or between natural parents and foster or adoptive parents 0

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Parts of speech for Tug-of-love

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

tug-of-love popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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