Synonyms for tug-of-war
tug-of-war

Princeton's WordNet

1. tug-of-warnoun

   any hard struggle between equally matched groups

2. tug-of-warnoun

   a contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses

Matched Categories

1. • Athletic Contest
   • Conflict

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1. List of paraphrases for "tug-of-war":

   give-and-take, horse-trading, wrangling

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How to use tug-of-war in a sentence?

1. Sam Khater:

   Mortgage rates remained volatile due to the tug of war between inflationary pressures and a clear slowdown in economic growth.

2. Anna Eshoo:

   I think that my constituent all along had a tug of war going on inside of her, understanding what privacy brought to her, but also the risks of moving over into the public square.

3. Anna Eshoo:

   It was dated July 30 and my office made sure that that letter was hand-delivered the same day, i think that my constituent all along had a tug of war going on inside of her, understanding what privacy brought to her, but also the risks of moving over into the public square.

4. Andre Bakhos:

   It's going to be a tug of war on economic data and the court of investor opinion as to what exactly the Fed does.

5. Andre Bakhos:

   The market is showing a little fatigue... and the question is what's the next theme that's going to push markets higher, it's going to be a tug of war on economic data and the court of investor opinion as to what exactly the Fed does.