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View definitions for tug

tug

noun as in quick pull

verb as in pull quickly

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Firstly, inheritance tax, perhaps like no other tax, has an outsized emotive tug on so, so many people - in fact a far greater number of people than are ever likely to end up paying it.

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Following the song’s debut, McGraw said: “This little 5-year-old blond girl came up and kind of tugged on my shirt and said, you know, ‘You just sang a song about my dad, didn’t you?’

What really tugged at Schur is a reality that often sets in without notice: How our lives have gotten smaller in the modern age.

Meanwhile, Lidl - like John Lewis - has gone for a classic tale designed to tug at the heartstrings.

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The load on the tug's towlines was also between two and five times more than Clydeport's recommended speed range.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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