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Plural for a fight or brawl

Plural for an argument or disagreement

Plural for an effort to reach a goal

To wear away or cause damage through applied friction

To emotionally tax or strain

To make a long tear or cut in

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Noun

Plural for a fight or brawl

rough-and-tumbles

rough and tumbles

breaches of the peace

power struggles

monkey business

military operations

passages of arms

alarums and excursions

topsy-turviness

Sturm und Drang

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“Oh! It's only a drunken fray, a fight in the liquor store.”

Noun

Plural for an argument or disagreement

“Indeed, we would rather not write this chapter and so enter the heated fray about this, the biggest question about the mind.”

Noun

Plural for an effort to reach a goal

shouting matches

slanging matches

differences of opinion

rough-and-tumbles

misunderstandings

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“A number of other researchers have entered the fray to discover the cognitive structure of everyday concepts, beliefs, theories and explanations.”

Verb

To wear away or cause damage through applied friction

wearing through

becomes tattered

becomes threadbare

goes into holes

wears threadbare

wears to shreds

makes threadbare

comes to the end of its life

shows signs of wear

becomes useless

rubs into pieces

makes a mark on

breaks the skin of

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“The paper was thin and the edges were beginning to fray from age.”

Verb

To emotionally tax or strain

exceeds the range of

puts a strain on

exceeds the limits of

makes excessive demands on

makes severe demands on

exceeds the scope of

“And as nerves fray and tempers rise, you can be assured of a catty remark or backstage rumpus.”

Verb

To make a long tear or cut in

makes an incision in

cuts to ribbons

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