Tug and Work

Tug

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

Work verb - To devote serious and sustained effort.

Usage example: the organization has worked for years to raise people's awareness of human rights issues

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

Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker

old	old tug	old work
good	good tug	good work
original	original tug	original work
single	single tug	single work
Other adjectives: great, quick, last.

bit

tug bit

work bit

The explanation given is that director Marc Webb had been stuck in a contractual tug-of-war between Sony and Fox over work on this film and a sequel to (500) Days of Summer.

Source: Film / The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Comments: This Troper doesn't usually like Dark Fics for a light-hearted series like Lucky Star, but this one makes it work, with excellent writing that really manages to tug at the heartstrings.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Lucky Star
Forgotten Realms, with its endless tug-o-war between deities, got Chosen — mortals given a chunk of divine essence to carry and work with.

Source: Semi-Divine

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Work and Tug. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/tug/work

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Work or Tug. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/tug/work.

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