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wrestle with
(redirected from wrestle)

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wrestle with something
to work hard to do something difficult. The new governor will be wrestling with the state's disastrous financial condition. These are the big issues that society will have to wrestle with. More than 200 firefighters wrestled with the blaze for more than two hours.
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of wrestle (= to fight someone by trying to hold them to the ground)
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