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"tug of war" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to refer to a physical game wherein two teams pull on opposite ends of a rope to try to drag each other across a central line. For example: "The kids enjoyed a round of tug of war in the park."
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tug of war
noun
A game or competition in which two teams pull or tug on opposite ends of a rope trying to force the other team over the line which initially marked the middle between the two teams.
Exact(31)
A tug of war ensued.
BG Tug of war.
It turned into a tug of war.
I faced an internal tug of war.
Tug of war contest in Brussels.
Now it's a tug of war".
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It's a tug-of-war.
Pattern 4: Tug-of-War.
Tennyson : the muses' tug-of-war.
A peekaboo tug-of-war follows.
"It was a real tug-of-war".
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