ALL meanings of tug-of-war
tug-of-war
T t - noun tug-of-war an athletic contest between two teams at opposite ends of a rope, each team trying to drag the other over a line. 1
- noun tug-of-war a hard-fought, critical struggle for supremacy. 1
- noun tug-of-war game: pulling on rope 1
- variable noun tug-of-war A tug-of-war is a sports event in which two teams test their strength by pulling against each other on opposite ends of a rope. 0
- variable noun tug-of-war You can use tug-of-war to refer to a situation in which two people or groups both want the same thing and are fairly equally matched in their struggle to get it. 0
- noun tug-of-war a contest in which two people or teams pull opposite ends of a rope in an attempt to drag the opposition over a central line 0
- noun tug-of-war any hard struggle, esp between two equally matched factions 0
- noun tug-of-war a contest in which two teams pull at opposite ends of a rope, each trying to drag the other across a central line 0
- noun tug-of-war any power struggle between two parties 0