ˈtug-of-love
1tug-of-love — tug of loveˈ noun A dispute over the guardianship of a child, eg between divorced parents, or natural and foster parents (also adjective) • • • Main Entry: ↑tug * * * tug of love UK US noun [singular] british mainly journalism a disagreement… …
2tug of love — ˌtug of ˈlove f6 [tug of love] noun singular (BrE, informal) a situation in which a child s parents are divorced or no longer living …
3tug of love — n [singular] BrE a situation in which parents who have separated from each other fight over who is going to have the children used especially in newspaper reports …
4tug-of-love — noun singular BRITISH MAINLY JOURNALISM a disagreement between parents who are divorced or living separately about who their child should live with …
5tug-of-love — N SING: usu N n Journalists sometimes use tug of love to refer to a situation in which the parents of a child are divorced and one of the parents tries to get the child from the other, for example by taking him or her illegally. [BRIT] A mother… …
6tug of love — noun A dispute concerning which of two separated parents should have custody of one or more children …
7tug of love — noun Brit. informal a dispute over the custody of a child …
8tug-of-love — UK / US noun [singular] British mainly journalism a disagreement between parents who are divorced or living separately about who their child should live with …
9tug — v. & n. v. (tugged, tugging) 1 tr. & (foll. by at) intr. pull hard or violently; jerk (tugged it from my grasp; tugged at my sleeve). 2 tr. tow (a ship etc.) by means of a tugboat. n. 1 a hard, violent, or jerky pull (gave a tug on the rope). 2 a …
10love — [[t]lʌ̱v[/t]] ♦ loves, loving, loved 1) VERB If you love someone, you feel romantically or sexually attracted to them, and they are very important to you. [V n] Oh, Amy, I love you... [V n] We love each other. We want to spend our lives together …
