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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1. 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.

2. Michael Arone:

   We're seeing that struggle, that tug of war, that friction play out already this month, june hasn't been a straight shot to the moon. That's what you're likely going to see for the balance of the summer, not a bad thing.

3. Marshal Cohen:

   There is a tug-of-war between the consumer's desire to buy what they want, and the need to make concessions based on the higher prices hitting their wallets.

4. Rick Meckler:

   It's a back and forth tug of war between investors in this trading range.

5. Manik Narain:

   We did see a raft of very weak PMI data across emerging markets this morning, which is a timely reminder after the rally last week, induced by the BOJ stimulus, that a lot of the fundamental headwinds for EMs remain in place, that tug-of-war is reflected in the market this morning.