HAND-TO-HAND STRUGGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hand-to-hand struggle mean? 

• HAND-TO-HAND STRUGGLE (noun)
  The noun HAND-TO-HAND STRUGGLE has 1 sense:

1. the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

  Familiarity information: HAND-TO-HAND STRUGGLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAND-TO-HAND STRUGGLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

grapple; grappling; hand-to-hand struggle; wrestle; wrestling

Context example:

we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully

Hypernyms ("hand-to-hand struggle" is a kind of...):

struggle (strenuous effort)