Struggle and Tug

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Struggle verb - To devote serious and sustained effort.

Usage example: the financially strapped couple struggled to make ends meet

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Tug and struggle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tug" instead the word "Struggle" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: struggled, struggling

Tug verb - To devote serious and sustained effort.

Usage example: she's tugged all her life to get to where she is now in the business world

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Struggle and tug are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Struggle" instead the word "Tug" as a verb or a noun.

good	good struggle	good tug
brutal	brutal struggle	brutal tug
constant	constant struggle	constant tug
massive	massive struggle	massive tug
Other adjectives: great, huge, personal, last, three-way.

bit

struggle bit

tug bit

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