bandwagon, limelight, slanging match, realm, maelstrom, frey, contention, tussle, mire, pantheon, stratosphere, hurly burly, fracas, twilight zone, frenzy, tizzy, contest, frontrunner, gauntlet, ranks, fore, joust, fisticuffs, rans, cudgels, newcomer, equation, ante, young turk, mudslinging, politics, spotlight, pecking order, squabble, fisticuff, dais, quagmire, kshatriya, morass, goad, jostling, novice, greenhorn, oneupmanship, skirmish, warhorse, latecomer, imbroglio, doldrums, minefield, melee, parapet, stormy petrel, contenders, firmament, throng, scuffle, neophyte, abyss, salvos, overdrive, sniping, polemics, high dudgeon, homestretch, battle, crossfire, reckoning, thicket, entrant, warring, comfort zone, vortex, triumvirate, chary, obscurity, tangle, potshot, dustbin, straggler, erstwhile, lexicon, jugular, dogfight, ruckus, feelers, feud, rajya sabha, oblivion, mainstream, firebrand, wannabee, foraying, debate, brawling, coterie, headlong, empyrean, duel, rut, frying pan, brouhaha, affray, straggle, combats, quarrel, combat, batde, fight, brawl, storm, conflagration, duels, riot, scrimmage, fights

selvage, selvedge

adjoin, break, bust, fall apart, fighting, meet, touch, wear, wear out

chafe, disturbance, frazzle, fret, rub, ruffle, scratch