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Tug-of-war
01
any hard struggle between equally matched groups
02
a contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses
Example
The rope showed impressive tensile strength during the tug-of-war.
The highlight of field day was the tug-of-war competition between the different grade levels.
During the tug-of-war competition, the rope suddenly slipped from the team's grip.
