Definitions for tug-of-war

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Tug-Of-War is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 216 anagrams from letters in tug-of-war (--afgortuw).

Definitions for tug-of-war

noun

  1. an athletic contest between two teams at opposite ends of a rope, each team trying to drag the other over a line.
  2. a hard-fought, critical struggle for supremacy.

Origin of tug-of-war

1670-80 for def 2; 1875-80 for def 1

Examples for tug-of-war

The Obama team lets Congress take the lead and there, the lobbyists play their game of tug-of-war with the public interest.

They were having a tug-of-war and it was hardly a fair battle.

It was after one of his nights with Rachel that the tug-of-war over Josh turned deadly.

The tug-of-war team, of which I was a member, was quite as successful as the oarsmen.

It had all the characteristics of a tug-of-war, and irresistibly he was drawn over the line.

In the novel, the tug-of-war over purity is never fully resolved either.

Many states are caught up in a tug-of-war between the will of law enforcement and concerned citizens and legislators.

It was the tug-of-war being played with a life as the stakes.

The girls organized themselves into a tug-of-war team (Fig. 293).

There is then a tug-of-war, with the Namer and Foolie as the leaders.

Word Value for tug-of-war
Scrable

4

Words with friends

6

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