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- all one's got
- attack
- bid
- crack
- dry run
- endeavor
- exertion
- experiment
- fling
- go
- header
- lick
- one's all
- one's darnedest
- one's level best
- pursuit
- shot
- stab
- striving
- struggle
- trial
- try
- tryout
- undertaking
- banter
- barter
- carriage
- cart
- discuss
- exchange
- spar
- swap
- toss
- trade
- action
- assault
- attack
- barrage
- blitzkreig
- bloodshed
- bombing
- brush
- campaign
- carnage
- clash
- combat
- conflict
- contention
- crusade
- encounter
- engagement
- fighting
- fray
- havoc
- hostility
- onset
- onslaught
- press
- attempt
- bandy
- battle
- bid
- challenge
- clash
- collide
- contend
- contest
- cope with
- emulate
- encounter
- essay
- face
- fence
- fight
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for the gold
- grapple
- in the hunt
- jockey for position
- joust
- advance
- amount
- declaration
- feeler
- hit
- invitation
- offer
- pass
- price
- proffer
- proposal
- proposition
- request
- submission
- suggestion
- sum
- summons
- tender
- claiming
- confrontation
- dare
- defiance
- demanding
- demur
- interrogation
- objection
- protest
- provocation
- remonstrance
- summons to contest
- test
- threat
- trial
- ultimatum
- affray
- argument
- battle
- brawl
- break
- broil
- brush
- bump
- collision
- concussion
- conflict
- confrontation
- crash
- difference of opinion
- discord
- discordance
- disharmony
- dispute
- donnybrook
- embroilment
- encounter
- engagement
- fracas
- fray
- bang
- beat
- break up
- bump
- clash
- conflict
- crash
- crunch
- disagree
- fender-bend
- fragment
- hit
- jolt
- meet head-on
- pile up
- plow into
- pulverize
- scrap
- shatter
- sideswipe
- smash
- splinter
- strike
- wrack up
- argue
- battle
- clash
- confront
- contest
- controvert
- cope
- dispute
- emulate
- encounter
- face
- give all one's got
- give one's all
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for it
- go for jugular
- grapple
- have at
- jockey for position
- jostle
- knock oneself out
- litigate
- challenge
- concours
- discussion
- game
- match
- meet
- meeting
- proving
- rencounter
- sport
- testing
- tournament
- trial
- trying
- attempt
- bandy
- battle
- be in the running
- bid
- challenge
- clash
- collide
- contend
- contest
- emulate
- encounter
- essay
- face
- fence
- fight
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for the gold
- grapple
- in the hunt
- jockey for position
- joust
- challenge
- compete
- compete with
- contend
- contend with
- ditto
- do
- do like
- follow
- follow in footsteps
- follow suit
- follow the example of
- go like
- imitate
- make like
- mimic
- mirror
- outvie
- pattern after
- rival
- rivalize
- take after
- vie with
- appointment
- brush
- concurrence
- confrontation
- interview
- rendezvous
- article
- composition
- discussion
- disquisition
- dissertation
- explication
- exposition
- manuscript
- paper
- piece
- study
- theme
- thesis
- tract
- treatise
- air
- appearance
- aspect
- cast
- clock
- countenance
- dial
- disguise
- display
- facet
- features
- finish
- frontage
- frontal
- frontispiece
- frown
- glower
- grimace
- guise
- kisser
- light
- lineaments
- look
- makeup
- backstop
- balustrade
- bar
- barbed wire
- barricade
- block
- boards
- chains
- cyclone
- defense
- dike
- guard
- hedge
- net
- paling
- palisade
- pickets
- posts
- rail
- railing
- rampart
- roadblock
- shield
- stakes
- action
- affray
- altercation
- argument
- battle
- battle royal
- bout
- brawl
- broil
- brush
- clash
- combat
- conflict
- confrontation
- contention
- contest
- controversy
- difficulty
- disagreement
- dispute
- dissension
- dogfight
- duel
- engagement
- assertory
- bold
- brassy
- cheeky
- cocky
- come on
- domineering
- dynamic
- energetic
- enterprising
- flip
- forceful
- fresh
- get up and go
- hard sell
- imperious
- masterful
- militant
- nervy
- pushing
- pushy
- sassy
- shooting from the hip
- smart
- clutch at
- fetch
- obtain
- outreach
- seek
- stretch for
- accomplish
- achieve
- begin
- carry on
- carry out
- consummate
- cook
- create
- develop
- do
- do a number
- do one's thing
- enforce
- execute
- function
- get in there
- go about
- go for it
- go in for
- go that route
- go to town
- intrude
- knock off
- labor
- attempt
- bandy
- battle
- be in the running
- bid
- challenge
- clash
- collide
- contend
- contest
- cope with
- emulate
- encounter
- essay
- face
- fence
- fight
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- grapple
- in the hunt
- jockey for position
- joust
- attack
- battle
- catch
- clash
- clasp
- close
- clutch
- combat
- confront
- contend
- cope
- deal with
- do battle
- encounter
- engage
- face
- fasten
- fight
- grasp
- grip
- hold
- hook
- hug
- nab
- attempt
- bandy
- battle
- be in the running
- bid
- challenge
- clash
- collide
- contend
- contest
- cope with
- emulate
- encounter
- essay
- face
- fence
- fight
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for the gold
- grapple
- jockey for position
- joust
- attempt
- bandy
- battle
- be in the running
- bid
- challenge
- clash
- collide
- contend
- contest
- cope with
- emulate
- encounter
- essay
- face
- fence
- fight
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for the gold
- grapple
- in the hunt
- joust
- bout
- contest
- duel
- tilt
- tournament
- tourney
- clash
- collide
- come to grips
- contend
- grapple
- meet head-on
- attempt
- bandy
- battle
- be in the running
- bid
- challenge
- clash
- collide
- contend
- contest
- cope with
- emulate
- encounter
- essay
- face
- fence
- fight
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for the gold
- grapple
- in the hunt
- jockey for position
- attempt
- bandy
- battle
- be in the running
- bid
- challenge
- clash
- collide
- contend
- contest
- cope with
- emulate
- encounter
- essay
- face
- fence
- fight
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for the gold
- grapple
- in the hunt
- jockey for position
- argue
- assail
- assault
- attack
- bar
- battle
- bombard
- call in question
- check
- combat
- confront
- contradict
- controvert
- counter
- counterattack
- cross
- debate
- defy
- deny
- disagree
- disapprove
- dispute
- encounter
- expose
- attempt
- bandy
- battle
- be in the running
- bid
- challenge
- clash
- collide
- contend
- contest
- cope with
- emulate
- encounter
- essay
- face
- fence
- fight
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for the gold
- grapple
- in the hunt
- jockey for position
- attempt
- bandy
- battle
- be in the running
- bid
- challenge
- clash
- collide
- contend
- contest
- cope with
- emulate
- encounter
- essay
- face
- fence
- fight
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for the gold
- grapple
- in the hunt
- jockey for position
- comedy
- curtain-raiser
- drama
- entertainment
- farce
- flop
- hit
- mask
- musical
- one-act
- opera
- performance
- potboiler
- show
- smash
- smash hit
- stage show
- theatrical
- tragedy
- turkey
- battling
- combatant
- combating
- competing
- competitive
- conflicting
- contending
- contesting
- cutthroat
- disputing
- emulating
- emulous
- equal
- opposed
- striving
- vying
- agitate
- barnstorm
- canvass
- contend for
- contest
- crusade
- electioneer
- go to grass roots
- hit the trail
- lobby
- mend fences
- muckrake
- mudsling
- politick
- press the flesh
- ring doorbells
- run
- shake hands and kiss babies
- solicit votes
- stand for
- stump
- tour
- whistle-stop
- attempt
- bandy
- battle
- be in the running
- bid
- challenge
- clash
- collide
- contend
- contest
- cope with
- emulate
- encounter
- essay
- face
- fence
- fight
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for the gold
- grapple
- in the hunt
- jockey for position
- attempt
- bandy
- battle
- be in the running
- bid
- challenge
- clash
- collide
- contend
- contest
- cope with
- emulate
- encounter
- essay
- face
- fence
- fight
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for the gold
- grapple
- in the hunt
- jockey for position
- argue
- bicker
- contend
- contest
- dispute
- quarrel
- wrangle
- aim
- assay
- attempt
- bear down
- bend over backward
- break one's neck
- compete
- contend
- do one's best
- do one's utmost
- drive
- endeavor
- essay
- fight
- go after
- go all out
- go for broke
- go for the jugular
- go the limit
- hassle
- jockey
- knock oneself out
- labor
- leave no stone unturned
- attempt
- battle
- brush
- clash
- combat
- conflict
- contest
- effort
- encounter
- endeavor
- essay
- exertion
- free-for-all
- grind
- hassle
- jam
- jump
- labor
- long haul
- pains
- roughhouse
- row
- scramble
- set-to
- acquire
- add
- address oneself to
- adopt
- agree to do
- annex
- append
- attempt
- become
- begin
- come to have
- commence
- develop
- embrace
- employ
- endeavor
- engage
- enlist
- enroll
- espouse
- handle
- have a go at
- hire
- launch
- accomplish
- achieve
- begin
- carry on
- carry out
- consummate
- cook
- create
- develop
- do
- do a number
- do one's thing
- enforce
- execute
- function
- get in there
- go about
- go for broke
- go for it
- go in for
- go that route
- go to town
- intrude
- knock off
- angle
- cant
- dip
- drop
- fall
- grade
- gradient
- inclination
- incline
- leaning
- list
- pitch
- rake
- slant
- slide
- all one's got
- best shot
- bid
- crack
- dab
- effort
- endeavor
- essay
- fling
- go
- jab
- pop
- shot
- slap
- stab
- striving
- struggle
- trial
- undertaking
- whack
- whirl
- battle
- brawl
- brush
- clash
- combat
- conflict
- contest
- donnybrook
- encounter
- fight
- fray
- free-for-all
- grind
- hassle
- jam
- roughhouse
- row
- rumble
- scramble
- scrap
- scuffle
- skirmish
- strife
- undertaking
- be rivals
- buck
- challenge
- contend
- contest
- counter
- go for
- go for broke
- go for the gold
- go for the jugular
- jockey for position
- match
- oppose
- pit
- play
- play off
- push
- rival
- scramble for
- strive
- struggle
- sweat
- battle
- combat
- contend
- endeavor
- essay
- exert
- fight
- grapple
- grunt
- scuffle
- strain
- strive
- tangle
- tussle
- work
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