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tussle

/ˈtʌsəl/ verb C2
  1. To have a tussle. · The two sets of fans were tussling before the game.

He/she/it tussles · Past tussled · Past participle tussled · -ing form tussling

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Verb forms

Base form
tussle
He/she/it
tussles
Past
tussled
Past participle
tussled
-ing form
tussling

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The shore road was “woodsy and wild and lonesome.” On the right hand, scrub firs, their spirits quite unbroken by long years of tussle with the gulf winds, grew thickly.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 54 · C1

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