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To fight with someone, typically while attempting to physically unbalance them

To confront or deal with something challenging

To succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level

To grapple at close quarters, especially (of boxers) so as to be too closely engaged for full-arm blows

To agonize over something

To take or seize something with great force or effort

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Verb

To fight with someone, typically while attempting to physically unbalance them

have a punch-up

jockey for position

go head to head

raise your fists

fight like Kilkenny cats

exchange blows with

struggle against

pit oneself against

go up against in contest

go for the gold

mount an attack

come into conflict

engage in hostilities

go for each other

engage in fisticuffs

punch competitively

assault each other

compete against

be in conflict with

play off against

be in competition with

come up against

grapple against

try to extinguish

be pitted against

be at each other's throats

punch each other

attack each other

engage in conflict

match yourself against

go for the jugular

take all comers

come to blows with

take up the gauntlet

pitch oneself against

go at it hammer and tongs

nominate yourself

put yourself forward

knock oneself out

give all one's got

be at loggerheads

fight like cat and dog

engage in combat

face off against

cross swords with

wage war against

campaign against

contend against

take up arms against

carry on hostilities

be at sixes and sevens

have a misunderstanding

enter the lists

have shouting match

have a disagreement

have an altercation

take part in a race

content against

get into conflict with

come into conflict with

take the field against

seek to displace

bear arms against

go one on one with

go toe to toe with

go eyeball to eyeball with

fight back against

lock horns with

shoot it out with

be at daggers drawn

be in disagreement

rip into each other

take issue with

let someone have it

contradict each other

begin battle with

fight to the finish

give no quarter

fight for King and country

fight for Queen and country

jump on each other

have an argument

get in one's face

pick an argument

put up a struggle

have at each other

mount an attack on

enter into combat with

come to close quarters with

join battle with

be drawn against

take the bull by the horns

be confronted by

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“He comes across as too aggressive at times, and he will wrestle with the bigger kids to prove himself.”

Verb

To confront or deal with something challenging

address oneself to

apply oneself to

devote oneself to

come to grips with

get cracking on

struggle against

“If so, people alive today may become the first to wrestle with the knowledge that Earth isn't the only living planet in the universe.”

Verb

To succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level

get a handle on

look after oneself

shift for oneself

struggle through

weather the storm

make it out alive

keep the wolf from the door

keep one's end up

keep your head above water

stand on one's own two feet

paddle your own canoe

deal with the situation

eke out a living

barely have enough to live on

scarcely have enough to live on

scrape a living

make provision for

make the best of a bad job

grin and bear it

scratch a living

scratch out a living

manage to live with difficulty

scarcely manage to live

barely manage to live

manage without help

make it on one's own

manage without assistance

cope on one's own

take care of oneself

manage by oneself

make a go of it

be doing with it

stand your ground

maintain one's position

acquit yourself well

give a good account of yourself

keep one's position

make the best of

make the most of

make the best of it

eke out existence

support oneself

sustain yourself

rely for nourishment

keep body and soul together

eke out an existence

make both ends meet

support yourself

continue living

scrimp and save

earn one's living

acquire a livelihood

sustain oneself

maintain oneself

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Verb

To grapple at close quarters, especially (of boxers) so as to be too closely engaged for full-arm blows

clutch each other

grasp each other

grip each other

scuffle with each other

struggle with each other

Verb

To agonize over something

wrestle with oneself

eat your heart out

go through the mill

torment yourself

exercise oneself

torture yourself

Verb

To take or seize something with great force or effort

remove by force

get one's fingers on

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