7
pull(noun, work, worry, energy, strain)
7
scratch(verb, action, act, work, determine)
7
scrum(noun, conflict, competition, warfare, hassle)
7
stress(noun, performance, trouble, work, bother)
7
tackle(verb, action, act, work, attack)
7
tension(noun, worry, energy, strain, burden)
6
altercation(noun, action, trouble, bother, fight)
6
agonize(verb, cause, worry, suffer, strive)
6
aim(noun, verb, work, attack, determine)
6
argument(noun, action, trouble, bother, fight)
6
attack(noun, verb, go, work, meet)
6
break one's back(verb, expression, action, act, work)
6
break one's neck(verb, expression, action, act, work)
6
buck(verb, support, action, act, force)
6
clamber
6
drudge(noun, verb, performance, action, act)
6
exert(verb, push, fight, use, try)
6
go up against(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, action)
6
offensive(noun, conflict, war, warfare)
6
peg away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, action, act)
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