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turf wars

turf wars is the plural of turf war.

Meaning of turf war

Noun

turf war (plural turf wars)

  1. A dispute over territory between rival gangs.
  2. (idiomatic) A fight or confrontation between two divisions or parties for access to resources or capital.
    • It's a fascinating distinction, and one that also has the neat effect of moving the debate on from the contentious territory of the SF/litfic turfwar into that of value-neutral literary theory.2014 July 18, Thomas Christie, Notional Identities: Ideology, Genre and National Identity in Popular Scottish Fiction Since the Seventies, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 202

Questions about turf wars

What is turf wars the plural of?
Turf wars is the plural of turf war.

Words near turf wars in the dictionary

  1. turf spade
  2. turf spades
  3. turf toe
  4. turf toes
  5. turf war
  6. turf wars
  7. turf-fire
  8. turf-fires
  9. turf-roof
  10. turf-roofed
  11. turf-roofs

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