tug of lovenoun [ S ]
uk/ˌtʌɡ əv ˈlʌv/us/ˌtʌɡ əv ˈlʌv/UK informalused, especially in newspapers, to refer to a situation in which one of the separated parents of a child takes care of the child but the other parent claims that right, or a situation in which a child is being taken care of by people other than the child's parents but the parents claim that right:
[ before noun ] a tug-of-love battle
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Relationships: ending & divorce
- a parting of the ways idiom
- affiliation order
- annul
- break up
- break-up
- child support
- give sb the elbow idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- give sb the push idiom
- go off with sb
- grow
- grow apart
- push
- split
- split up
- split up
- throw
- throw sb over
- visitation
- walk
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