wrestling match

collocation in English

meaningsofwrestlingandmatch

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wrestling
noun[U]
uk
/ˈres.lɪŋ/us
/ˈres.lɪŋ/
a sport in which two people fight and try to throw each other to ...
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match
noun
uk
/mætʃ/us
/mætʃ/
mainly UK
a sports competition or event in which two people or teams compete against ...
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(Definition ofwrestlingandmatchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwrestling match

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Then there will be the second reading and there we will see what the outcome of the subsequentwrestlingmatchis.
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We are currently having a kind of armwrestlingmatchover the financing of the budget, which is not particularly constructive.
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In a world economic recession, we are in an all-inwrestlingmatchwith other countries.
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The captain challenged the tinker to awrestlingmatch, and the tinker got the fall.
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One cannot have an all-inwrestlingmatchon a tight-rope.
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Competition in telecommunications is not like a boxing orwrestlingmatchwhere both combatants attempt to knock the other to the ground.
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I should like to see a relationship in which management and employees work together as a team rather than as awrestlingmatch, which is the present situation.
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Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in awrestlingmatchor series of matches.
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When he was in second grade, he defeated a seventh grade student in awrestlingmatchduring lunch break.
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One of the group's trademarks was giving their opponents a blood bath, before or after awrestlingmatch.
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Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in awrestlingmatchor series of matches.
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On the day of awrestlingmatch, the referee leaves behind a brief note stating that he quit.
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Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or heroes in the scripted events which built tension and culminated with awrestlingmatchor series of matches.
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Awrestlingmatchconsists of three rounds, which may be won by forcing an opponent to his back.
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The last competitor of the second ring would compete against the winner of the first ring in a standardwrestlingmatch.
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Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in awrestlingmatchor series of matches.
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Sometimes the entertainment was followed by a boxing orwrestlingmatch.
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Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or heroes in the scripted events that build tension and culminate into awrestlingmatchor series of matches.
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Wrestlers portrayed either a villainous or fan favorite gimmick as they followed a series of events which generally built tension, leading to awrestlingmatch.
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