tussleverb [ I ]
uk/ˈtʌs.əl/us/ˈtʌs.əl/tussle verb [ I ] (DISAGREE)
to have difficult disagreements or strong arguments:
During his twelve years in Congress he has tussled with the chemical, drug and power companies on behalf of the ordinary person.
The residents are still tussling over the ever-scarcer street parking.
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Arguing & disagreeing
- afoul
- beg
- bet
- bicker
- cat
- conflicting
- contestation
- contrarian
- exchange words idiom
- gherao
- have a bone to pick with sb idiom
- lock
- make a case for sth idiom
- mano a mano
- row 1
- slang
- spar
- split
- variance
- wrangle
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tussle verb [ I ] (FIGHT)
to fight with another person using your arms and body:
The boys started to tussle in the playground.
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Fighting
- a fight to the finish idiom
- action stations
- bloodless
- bloodletting
- brawl
- counterinsurgency
- disturbance
- dust-up
- engagement
- fighting
- fistfight
- fisticuffs
- fray
- he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day idiom
- hotspot
- last
- mano a mano
- pick
- shoot
- slug
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Phrasal verb(s)
tussle with sth
tusslenoun
uk/ˈtʌs.əl/us/ˈtʌs.əl/tussle noun (DISAGREEMENT)
[ C ] a difficult disagreement or violent argument:
a boardroom/bureaucratic/legal tussle
There followed a long tussle for custody of the children.
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Arguments & disagreements
- altercation
- argument
- belligerent
- blow up
- bust up
- conflict
- confrontation
- contention
- disharmony
- dissonance
- feud
- fracas
- fray
- Mexican standoff
- quibble
- rivalry
- row 1
- shindig
- slanging match
- trouble
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tussle noun (FIGHT)
[ C usually singular ] a fight with another person using your arms and body:
You could see he had been in a tussle.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Fighting
- a fight to the finish idiom
- action stations
- bloodless
- bloodletting
- brawl
- counterinsurgency
- disturbance
- dust-up
- engagement
- fighting
- fistfight
- fisticuffs
- fray
- he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day idiom
- hotspot
- last
- mano a mano
- pick
- shoot
- slug
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