preventing a "tug of war"

[COgirl19]

My 3 year old has began hitting with objects when she get's mad. I am using the natural consequence of taking the object away. It seems to be working. However, sometimes we almost end up in a tug of war when she won't give the object up! I know getting into a tug of war with her is NOT good, but how do I prevent the tug of war or put a stop to it if it does start when I need to take something away from her?

[GoBecGo]

JMO, but with my DD i say "give it to me so i can put it away, or you, and it, will have to BOTH go away from this situation". If she won't give it up she goes to an area where the only person she can hurt is herself. In that situation i would give one "chance" - if she returned and hit again with the object, she would need to go sit elsewhere with it UNTIL she was ready to give it up. To be fair, my DD usually gives it up without fuss, unless she WANTS a timeout with it (i.e. finding it hard to share a toy).