grapple[verb]Synonyms:- grip, clutch, grab, grasp, seize, wrestle
- deal with, address oneself to, confront, get to grips with, struggle, tackle, take on
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grap‧ple /ˈɡræp
əl/
verb [intransitive][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: grappelle, from grape; ⇒ grape]
to fight or struggle with someone, holding them tightly
Synonym : wrestlegrapple with
Two men grappled with a guard at the door.grapple with something phrasal verb to try hard to deal with or understand something difficult:
The Government has to grapple with the problem of unemployment. Molly’s upstairs grappling with her maths homework. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲