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law of the jungle

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the law of the jungle
the way in which only the strongest and cleverest people in a society stay alive or succeed. I was brought up on the streets where the law of the jungle applies, so I soon learnt how to look after myself.
See also: law


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" Father Wolf began angrily--"By the Law of the Jungle he has no right to change his quarters without due warning.
By the Law of the Jungle it is death to kill at the drinking-places when once the Water Truce has been declared.
 
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