Collocations for "tug"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "tug" in context.
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tug
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- a [quick, forceful, mighty, slight] tug
- are playing tug-of-war
- give the [rope, door] a tug
- just give it a good tug
- gave it a gentle tug
- gave his [sleeve, hair, arm] a tug
- felt a tug at my [sleeve]
- came [off, out] with a tug
- tugged (at) [his shirt, her hair, the door]
- tug the [door, window, drawer] open
- tug open the [door]
- tug the [sled, cart, wagon] uphill
- tugged (on) the [cord, rope]
- sexually explicit: gave him a tug job