TUG OF WAR


Meaning of TUG OF WAR in English

1. an athletic contest between two teams at opposite ends of a rope, each team trying to drag the other over a line.

2. a hard-fought, critical struggle for supremacy.

[ 1670-80 for def. 2; 1875-80 for def. 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .