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wrestle
[ res-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
wrestled, wrestling.
- to engage in wrestling.
- to contend, as in a struggle for mastery; grapple:
to wrestle with one's conscience.
verb (used with object)
wrestled, wrestling.
- to contend with in wrestling.
- to force by or as if by wrestling.
- to throw (a calf or other animal) for branding.
noun
- an act of or a bout at wrestling.
- a struggle.
wrestle
/ ˈɛə /
verb
- to fight (another person) by holding, throwing, etc, without punching with the closed fist
- intr to participate in wrestling
- whenintr, foll by with or against to fight with (a person, problem, or thing)
wrestle with one's conscience
- tr to move laboriously, as with wrestling movements
- tr to throw (an animal) for branding
noun
- the act of wrestling
- a struggle or tussle
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Derived Forms
- ˈɰٱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ɰt noun
- dzܳwt verb (used with object) outwrestled outwrestling
- ܲ·ɰt adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wrestle1
Old English ɰæٱ; related to Middle Dutch wrastelen (Dutch worstelen ), Old Norse rost current, race
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Rather than feeling fearful about the US tariff, Robinsons Brothers reckons it may help the West Bromwich-based organic chemicals firm wrestle back American customers from cheaper overseas rivals.
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It was a fair question, one both creators wrestled with.
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He wrestled with the man to his right for the gun.
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Lowe said he managed to wrestle the “so strong ... so explosive” boxer to the ground and held him there for 10 minutes until police arrived.
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With great effort, he wrestled the dog to the ground.
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