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wrestle with

wrestle with verb: to agonize over (something); to debate a quandary or endeavor to come to a conclusion about a difficult issue.

Verb

wrestle with (third-person singular simple present wrestles with, present participle wrestling with, simple past and past participle wrestled with)

  1. (transitive) To agonize over (something); to debate a quandary or endeavor to come to a conclusion about a difficult issue.
    • I've been wrestling with your problem all night.

Forms of wrestle with

third-person singular presentwrestles with
present participlewrestling with
past participlewrestled with
pastwrestled with

Questions about wrestle with

What does wrestle with mean?
Wrestle with means to agonize over (something); to debate a quandary or endeavor to come to a conclusion about a difficult issue.
What part of speech is wrestle with?
Wrestle with is a verb.
What is the past tense of wrestle with?
The past tense of wrestle with is wrestled with.

Words near wrestle with in the dictionary

  1. wrester
  2. wresters
  3. wresting
  4. wrestingly
  5. wrestle
  6. wrestle with
  7. wrestle with a pig
  8. wrestled
  9. wrestled with
  10. wrestled with a pig
  11. wrestler

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