wrestle with sth
— phrasal verb with wrestle uk/ˈres.əl/us/ˈres.əl/verb [ I or T ]
to try very hard to deal with a problem or to make a difficult decision:
The government is wrestling with difficult economic problems.
He wrestled with the decision for several weeks, wondering what he should do.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Thinking and contemplating
- -ly
- agonize over/about sth
- chew
- chew sth over
- chew the cud idiom
- chew your cud idiom
- depth
- joined-up thinking
- lateral thinking
- let me see/let's see idiom
- let's see idiom
- puzzle
- rack
- reflect
- take sth into account idiom
- the thought crosses sb's mind idiom
- think sth out
- think sth over
- think sth through
- worry
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