Usually means: Custody battle over a child.
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  1. tug of love: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tug-of-love: Merriam-Webster
  3. tug-of-love, tug-of-love: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tug-of-love: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. tug of love: Wiktionary
  6. tug-of-love: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. tug-of-love: Encyclopedia

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  1. tug-of-love: Medical dictionary

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  1. tug-of-love: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tug of love)

▸ noun:  (UK, informal) A dispute concerning which of two separated parents should have custody of one or more children.

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tolt, alienation of affection, custody, trover, joint custody, swearing contest, corollary relief, disposition, duty of support, lawsuit, more...

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tolt, alienation of affection, custody, trover, joint custody, swearing contest, corollary relief, disposition, duty of support, lawsuit, more...



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