Thesaurus / tussle
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- battle
- conflict
- row
- lock horns
- rough-house
- bump heads
- go up against
- put up a fight
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If you’re a multiple-cat household, consider toys that are best for two or more cats in order to avoid any tussles.
BEST CAT TOYS: YOUR FAVORITE FELINE WILL GIVE TWO PAWS UP TO THESE CAT ACCESSORIESIRENA COLLAKUJULY 21, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCENow there’s a device that does away with the toked-up tussle.
SOME FEEL-GOOD NEWS ABOUT MARIJUANA’S GOLDEN AGEJOSHUA EFERIGHEAPRIL 20, 2021OZYStreams which a boy could wade last March would now give an elephant a tussle.
GOLD-SEEKING ON THE DALTON TRAILARTHUR R. THOMPSONThere was a terrible tussle, but the white man finally killed his huge enemy.
THE STORY OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIESH. A. (HLNE ADELINE) GUERBER"I'm quite sure that I don't want another sich a tussle," meditated the Deacon.
SI KLEGG, BOOK 2 (OF 6)JOHN MCELROYAfter the friendly tussle, the mother and daughter continued on their journey to the forks of the Shaeyela.
RED HUNTERS AND THE ANIMAL PEOPLECHARLES A. EASTMANHowever the reis pluckily led the way, and seized him by the hind leg, when the crowd of men rushed in, and we had a grand tussle.
THE DESERT WORLDARTHUR MANGINThere arose a mighty tussle, each in turn having the advantage, although Grettir always had one of them down.
GRETTIR THE STRONGUNKNOWNOr was it the other bobcat that came around to smell the pelt of his mate, and gave you something of a tussle?
THE BANNER BOY SCOUTS SNOWBOUNDGEORGE A. WARRENThe look on Merriwell's face cut him like a keen knife and made him feel a fierce longing for the next tussle.
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SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO TUSSLE
- attempt
- bandy
- battle
- be in the running
- bid
- challenge
- clash
- collide
- contend
- contest
- cope with
- emulate
- encounter
- essay
- face
- fence
- fight
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for the gold
- grapple
- in the hunt
- jockey for position
- joust
- lock horns
- match strength
- match wits
- oppose
- participate in
- pit oneself against
- play
- rival
- run for
- scramble for
- seek prize
- spar
- strive
- struggle
- take on
- take part
- tilt
- try
- tussle
- vie
- wrestle
- attempted
- bade
- bandied
- battled
- challenged
- clashed
- collided
- contended
- contested
- coped with
- emulated
- encountered
- essayed
- faced
- fenced
- fought
- grappled
- in the hunt
- jockey for position
- jousted
- locked horns
- match strength
- matched wits
- opposed
- participated in
- pitted oneself against
- played
- ran for
- rivaled
- scrambled for
- sought prize
- sparred
- strove
- struggled
- tilted
- took on
- took part
- tried
- tussled
- vied
- was in the running
- went after
- went for
- went for broke
- went for the gold
- wrestled
- attempting
- bandying
- battling
- being in the running
- bidding
- challenging
- clashing
- colliding
- contending
- contesting
- coping with
- emulating
- encountering
- essaying
- facing
- fencing
- fighting
- going after
- going for
- going for breaking
- going for the gold
- grappling
- in the hunt
- jockey for position
- jousting
- locking horns
- match strength
- matching wits
- opposing
- participating in
- pitting oneself against
- playing
- rivaling
- running for
- scrambling for
- seeking prize
- sparring
- striving
- struggling
- taking on
- taking part
- tilting
- trying
- tussling
- vying
- wrestling
- battle with
- buffet
- carry on
- confront
- deal
- dispatch
- encounter
- endure
- face
- get a handle on
- get by
- grapple
- hack
- hack it
- handle
- hold one's own
- live with
- make go of it
- make it
- make out
- make the grade
- pit oneself against
- rise to occasion
- struggle
- struggle through
- suffer
- survive
- tangle
- tussle
- weather
- wrestle
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