Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hand-to-hand_struggle

1 sense of hand-to-hand struggle

Sense 1
wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle -- (the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully")
       => struggle -- (strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her")

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