wrestle with something

wrestle with something
wrestle with something
1. to struggle with something large to move it about. •

He wrestled with the piano and finally got it to move.

The two men were wrestling with the heavy trunk for nearly ten minutes, trying to get it up the stairs.

2. to grapple or struggle with some large animal. •

The man wrestled with the tiger for a while but was seriously mauled in a short time.

Sam liked to wrestle with the family dog.

3. to struggle with a difficult problem; to struggle with a moral decision. •

We wrestled with the problem and finally decided to go ahead.

Let me wrestle with this matter for a while longer.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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