Rival and Tug

Rival

Rival verb - To engage in a contest.

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Tug and rival are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tug" instead a verb "Rival".

Nearby Words: rivalry, rivaled, rivaling, rivalled

Tug verb - To cause to follow by applying steady force on.

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Rival and tug are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rival" instead a verb "Tug".

old	old rival	old tug
good	good rival	good tug
original	original rival	original tug
great	great rival	great tug
Other adjectives: personal, last.

In the first game, it looked as though Sora was the only chosen one, with a brief tug-of-war for control with Rival Turned Evil Riku.

Source: Only the Chosen May Wield
This classic Harem Anime scene consists of each young lady in this tug of war grabbing an extremity (usually an arm) and literally trying to take her man away from her rival(s), in a grotesquely hilarious exaggeration of wish fulfillment.

Source: Lover Tug-of-War

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