It was the tug-of-war being played with a life as the stakes.

The tug-of-war team, of which I was a member, was quite as successful as the oarsmen.

It had all the characteristics of a tug-of-war, and irresistibly he was drawn over the line.

They were having a tug-of-war and it was hardly a fair battle.

The girls organized themselves into a tug-of-war team (Fig. 293).

There is then a tug-of-war, with the Namer and Foolie as the leaders.

We were now going up-hill, and even the horses found it a tug-of-war.

Remember, from now on comes the tug-of-war, as the old saying goes.

It is the anchor in a tug-of-war who does the head work for the team.

In a tug-of-war, we have to put two men on our end for every one of theirs.