contend+with

  • 31compete with someone for — contend with someone for, vie for, struggle with someone for …

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  • 32contend — v 1. struggle, wrestle, grapple, tussle, scuffle; battle, fight, combat, war, wage war, skirmish; join battle with, set to, engage, encounter; clash, joust, tilt at, duel, cross swords with, fence; spar, brawl, scrap, box, fall to blows. 2.… …

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  • 33contend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. struggle (see contention); dispute, debate (see discord); maintain, assert, argue, hold, allege. See affirmation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. contest, battle, dispute; see fight 2 , quarrel . III… …

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  • 34contend firmly — declare with determination …

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  • 35contend — v. 1 intr. (usu. foll. by with) strive, fight. 2 intr. compete (contending emotions). 3 tr. (usu. foll. by that + clause) assert, maintain. Derivatives: contender n. Etymology: OF contendre or L contendere (as com , tendere tent stretch, strive) …

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  • 36grapple with — Synonyms and related words: a outrance, antagonize, bandy with, battle, battle it out, beat against, beat up against, box, brawl, breast the wave, broil, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, bump heads, clash, close, close with, collide, combat, come… …

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  • 37Kid with the Golden Arm — Infobox Film name = The Kid With The Golden Arm director = Chang Cheh caption = DVD release cover Producer = Mona Fong Yat wah writer = Cheng Cheh Kuang Ni starring = Kuo Chui Chiang Sheng Lu Feng Lo Mang Sun Chien Wei Pei Wang Lung Wei released …

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  • 38reckon with — 1 it s her mother you ll have to reckon with: DEAL WITH, contend with, face (up to). 2 they hadn t reckoned with her burning ambition: TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, take into consideration, bargain for/on, anticipate, foresee, be prepared for, consider; …

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  • 39To deal with — Deal Deal, v. i. 1. To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players. [1913 Webster] 2. To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 40cope with — Synonyms and related words: a outrance, accomplish, act toward, bandy with, battle, battle it out, behave toward, bump heads, care for, complete, conduct, contend with, cross swords with, deal by, deal with, discharge, dispatch, dispose of, do by …

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