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- noun A
dispute overterritory betweenrival gangs . - noun idiomatic A
fight orconfrontation between two divisions or parties for access toresources orcapital .
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- noun a bitter struggle for territory or power or control or rights
Etymologies
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Phrase may have originated as a reference to the game of American football where two teams confront each other on a field of grass or turf.
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