Tug-of-war 14


1.

A game in which two teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, trying to pull the other team over a line marked on the ground.

 
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The Indian used to put a fire, and they would put so many men on this end of the rope, and so many on this end, and the tug-of-war, the contest of strength, would pull the losing party across the fire.

 
2.

A contest in which two sides try to defeat each other.

 
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And Satan never disagreed with her. He said, "Certainly, that's right." But he said, "You see, you need some new light." Something a little different from what God said. "And if you do do this, you'd be just a little smarter. Your eyes will be open." But she said, "Well, God said we would die." He said, "Oh, surely..." See, there you come, just that much, "Surely you won't die." But God said you would, and that settles it. And that--that broke that great tug-of-war then and pulled the whole human race into death, because Eve listened to a reasoning against God's Word.

 

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