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Meanings of see-saw in English

An apparatus composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, with seats at both end, used for a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.

        Usage of see-saw in English
        1
        Both clubs blew leads before the second intermission in a see-saw affair.
        Reuters
        2
        The natural tendency otherwise is to make office-holding a sort of see-saw.
        The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him
        3
        Such was my first experience of this see-saw warfare of the trenches.
        Bullets & Billets
        4
        The sonorous twang, the see-saw gestures, the odd pronunciation, were vividly depicted.
        Roderick Hudson
        5
        It's a see-saw with all of us, Theron Ware-sometimesup; sometimes down.
        The Damnation of Theron Ware
        6
        There is little wonder why this series was such a see-saw battle.
        Jamaica Observer
        7
        A see-saw plank, which would rebound when lowered, was laid across it.
        The Fur Country: Or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude
        8
        Spending increases and tax cuts are not two sides of a see-saw.
        The Irish Times
        9
        I'm at the down end of the great see-saw, Sherbrooke, that's all.
        The King's Highway
        10
        Roger left the see-saw and climbed to the top of the board fence.
        The Forbidden Trail
        11
        One of the wonders of the Fair is the great see-saw.
        The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 28...
        12
        The first half was a see-saw up and down the field.
        The Plastic Age
        13
        The see-saw on Capitol Hill was reflected in the reactions of the markets.
        The Guardian
        14
        The consequence is that this place is a regular diplomatic see-saw.
        The Double Traitor
        15
        U.S. indexes ended little changed after a day of see-saw trade.
        Reuters
        16
        The pair ate, slept and answered calls of nature while on the see-saw.
        BBC
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