Meaning Of The Word Tug-of-love

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tug-of-love
Journalists sometimes use tug-of-love to refer to a situation in which the parents of a child are divorced and one of the parents tries to get the child from the other, for example by taking him or her illegally.

tug-of-love in British English
noun: a conflict over custody of a child between divorced parents or between natural parents and foster or adoptive parents

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