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wrestling with

wrestling with is the present participle and gerund of wrestle with.

Meaning of wrestle with

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.

Questions about wrestling with

What is wrestling with the present participle and gerund of?
Wrestling with is the present participle and gerund of wrestle with.

Words near wrestling with in the dictionary

  1. wrestles with
  2. wrestles with a pig
  3. wrestling
  4. wrestling ring
  5. wrestling rings
  6. wrestling with
  7. wrestling with a pig
  8. wrestlings
  9. Wrestlingworth
  10. Wrestlingworth and Cockayne Hatley
  11. wrests

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