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to tug at the rope

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  • tug — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ good, hard, sharp ▪ All it needed was a good tug. ▪ firm ▪ gentle, little …   Collocations dictionary

  • tug — v. & n. v. (tugged, tugging) 1 tr. & (foll. by at) intr. pull hard or violently; jerk (tugged it from my grasp; tugged at my sleeve). 2 tr. tow (a ship etc.) by means of a tugboat. n. 1 a hard, violent, or jerky pull (gave a tug on the rope). 2 a …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tug of war — Tug of war, tug o war, or tug war, also known as rope pulling, is a sport that directly puts two teams against each other in a test of strength.The term may be used as a metaphor to describe a demonstration of brute strength by two opposing… …   Wikipedia

  • Rope Jousting — is a sporting competition between two jousters, that resembles a Tug of war. In this event, two Cinder blocks are placed a distance apart. The two jousters stand upon the blocks with a rope stretched between them. The objective for each jouster… …   Wikipedia

  • Tug-o-War (Gladiators) — Infobox Gladiators Event Event Name = Tug O War| Int. Year = 1993 origin country= flag|United States Used In = flag|United States Last Used = 1996 num cont = 1 num glad = 1 timelim = 30 secondsTug o War was an event played in the original… …   Wikipedia

  • tug — 01. The little dog was [tugging] at its leash, trying to get away. 02. We felt the fish [tug] the line, and then suddenly, it was gone. 03. The kitten [tugged] at my shoe lace. 04. I felt a [tug] at my sleeve and turned around to see an old… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • tug-of-war — ▪ athletic contest  athletic contest between two teams at opposite ends of a rope, each team trying to drag the other across a centre line. In some forms of the game a tape or handkerchief is tied around the centre of the rope, and two others are …   Universalium

  • tug — 1 verb tugged, tugging (I, T) also tug at to pull with one or more short, quick pulls: She kept tugging insistently at Alan s sleeve. 2 noun (C) 1 also tug boat / / a small strong boat used for pulling or guiding ships into a port, up a river etc …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • tug-of-war — noun (plural tugs of war) Date: 1677 1. a struggle for supremacy or control usually involving two antagonists 2. a contest in which two teams pull against each other at opposite ends of a rope with the object of pulling the middle of the rope… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • The Great Khali — Khali redirects here. For other uses, see Khali (disambiguation). The Great Khali The Great Khali in 2008 …   Wikipedia

  • tug of war — [tug΄əv wôr′, tug΄əwôr΄] 1. a contest in which two teams pull at opposite ends of a rope, each trying to drag the other across a central line 2. any power struggle between two parties: Also tug of war n …   English World dictionary

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