'tug-of-war' definitions:
Definition of 'tug-of-war'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any hard struggle between equally matched groups
noun
A contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses
Synonyms of 'tug-of-war'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- action,
- aerial combat,
- affray,
- armored combat,
- attraction,
- battle,
- battle royal,
- brush,
- bullfight,
- clash,
- clash of arms,
- cockfight,
- combat,
- conflict,
- dogfight,
- draft,
- drawing,
- drayage,
- embroilment,
- exchange of blows,
- extraction,
- fight,
- fire fight,
- fray,
- ground combat,
- hand-to-hand combat,
- hand-to-hand fight,
- haulage,
- hauling,
- heaving,
- house-to-house combat,
- naval combat,
- passage of arms,
- pitched battle,
- pull,
- pulling,
- pulling power,
- quarrel,
- rumble,
- running fight,
- scramble,
- scrimmage,
- scuffle,
- shoving match,
- skirmish,
- stand-up fight,
- street fight,
- struggle,
- tauromachy,
- towage,
- towing,
- traction,
- tractive power,
- tugging,
- tussle