"tug of war" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtʌɡ əv ˌwɔː(r)/ Audio: En-au-tug of war.ogg Forms: tugs of war [plural], tug of wars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|tugs of war|tug of wars}} tug of war (plural tugs of war or tug of wars)
  1. A game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams. Categories (topical): Games Synonyms: tug-of-war Related terms: dig in one's heels Translations (game): شَدّ اَلْحَبْل (šadd al-ḥabl) [masculine] (Arabic), sokatira (Basque), теглене на въже (teglene na vǎže) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 搝大索 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 扯大纜 (Chinese Cantonese), 扯大缆 (ce² daai⁶ laam⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 拔河 (bat⁶ ho⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 拔河 (báhé) (Chinese Mandarin), trækkamp [common-gender] (Danish), getouwtrek [neuter] (Dutch), togtogan [feminine] (Faroese), köydenveto (Finnish), tir à la corde [masculine] (French), tirapuxa [feminine] (Galician), Tauziehen [neuter] (German), kötélhúzás (Hungarian), reiptog [neuter] (Icelandic), tarik tali (Indonesian), tarik tambang (Indonesian), tiro alla fune [masculine] (Italian), 綱引き (tsuna-hiki) (alt: つなひき) (Japanese), 줄ᄃᆞᆼ길락 (juldawnggillak) (Jeju), 줄다리기 (juldarigi) (Korean), натегање (nateganje) [neuter] (Macedonian), tarik tali (Malay), tauronarona (Maori), taukumekume (Maori), dragkamp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dragkamp [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), przeciąganie liny [neuter] (Polish), cabo de guerra [masculine] (Portuguese), перетя́гивание кана́та (peretjágivanije kanáta) [neuter] (Russian), tira y afloja [feminine] (Spanish), dragkamp [common-gender] (Swedish), hilahan (Tagalog), ชักเย่อ (chák-gà-yə̂ə) (Thai), halat çekme (Turkish), kéo co (Vietnamese)
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  2. (idiomatic) A dispute between two parties, particularly an entrenched, back-and-forth dispute. Tags: idiomatic Translations (dispute): togtogan [feminine] (Faroese), köydenveto (Finnish), tirapuxa [feminine] (Galician), Tauziehen [neuter] (German), Gezerre [neuter] (German), dragkamp [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tug_of_war-en-noun-l1ULDHuX Disambiguation of 'dispute': 3 97

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      "sense": "game",
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      "word": "Tauziehen"
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      "word": "綱引き"
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      "word": "줄ᄃᆞᆼ길락"
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      "word": "przeciąganie liny"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "game",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "перетя́гивание кана́та"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "game",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chák-gà-yə̂ə",
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      "sense": "game",
      "word": "halat çekme"
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      "sense": "game",
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      "word": "Gezerre"
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