strike all of a heap

See: ALL OF A HEAP.

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heap

[heap] See: [STRIKE ALL OF A HEAP]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

all

[all] See: [AFTER ALL], [AND ALL], [AT ALL], [BEAT ALL] or [BEAT THE DUTCH], [FOR ALL], [FOR ALL ONE IS WORTH], [FOR ALL ONE KNOWS], [FOR ALL THE WORLD], [FOR […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

tug-of-war

[tug-of-war] {n.} 1. A game in which two teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, trying to pull the other team over a line marked on the ground. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

wildcat strike

[wildcat strike] {n.}, {informal} A strike not ordered by a labor union; a strike spontaneously arranged by a group of workers. * /The garbage collectors have gone on a wildcat […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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