tugged

verb

Definition of tuggednext
past tense of tug
1
as in pulled
to cause to follow by applying steady force on tugged on the door until it opened

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2
as in wrought
to devote serious and sustained effort she's tugged all her life to get to where she is now in the business world

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tugged
  1. pulled
  2. hauled
  3. struggled
  4. worked
Verb
  • My wanting was the leash that pulled me through my life.
    Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
  • But David kept fighting and pulled fire away from landing Medevac helicopters, getting evacuated himself after the last helicopter landed.
    JOSH BOAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of pulled
Verb
  • Seals hauled out on small ice floes.
    Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The day after the crash, 61 empty bottles of booze, including an empty bottle of champagne, were found stashed on the boat after officers hauled it out of the water.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of hauled
Verb
  • The Bears offense struggled under coordinator Shane Waldron, so he was fired.
    Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • When Barbra Streisand struggled with the replacement orchestrations during a recording session, the conductor had Cullen’s original scores on hand.
    Darryn King, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of struggled
Verb
  • And the front and rear hydraulic disc brakes with 180mm rotors worked extremely well, even going downhill, without any squealing whatsoever.
    Scott Kramer, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Those who worked with him always circled back to his genuine joy on the podium.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of worked
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