tug1

/tʌɡ/ [tugged, tugging]

Translation

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⇨ tirar

Don't tug at that knot or you won't be able to undo it later

No tires del nudo o no podrás desatarlo

■ constr. to tug at sth

Véase tb: to {touch/tug at} one's forelock (to sb)

(Definition of tug v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

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