PULL DEVIL, PULL BAKER


Meaning of PULL DEVIL, PULL BAKER in English

phrasal

— used as a command (as in a tug of war) for each of two opposing sides to do its utmost in pulling against the other

a sorry makeshift, a compromise arrived at by the familiar pull devil, pull baker method — S.H.Adams

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