deal with sth
— phrasal verb with deal uk/diːl/us/diːl/verb [ I or T ] dealt, dealt
(TAKE ACTION)
B1 to take action in order to achieve something or in order to solve a problem:
How do you intend to deal with this problem?
General enquiries are dealt with by our head office.
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- "I simply haven't got time to deal with the problem today, " she said brusquely.
- Several subcommittees will be set up to deal with specific environmental issues.
- The older drugs didn't deal effectively with the malaria parasite.
- In my judgment, we should let the solicitor deal with this.
- We will deal with your order as quickly as possible.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dealing with things or people
- attend to sb/sth
- beard the lion (in his/her den) idiom
- come up against sth
- come/get to grips with sth idiom
- confront
- cut
- firefighting
- get sth in
- inherit
- jump-start
- negotiate
- process
- reckon
- reckon with sb/sth
- see about sth
- see to sth/sb
- set about sth
- sort
- turn
- weather
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(BE ABOUT)
to be about or be on the subject of something:
Her new movie deals with the relationship between a woman and her sick daughter.
The author has tried to deal with (= write about) a very difficult subject.
More examples
- The lecturer temporarily departed from her subject to deal with a related theory.
- All the papers deal with the same subject in their editorials.
- The novel deals with grand themes, but is never heavy or pretentious.
- Waugh's first volume of memoirs dealt with his childhood and youth.
- Her new film deals with the relationship between a woman and her sick daughter.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Regarding and concerning
- about
- apropos
- as
- as to idiom
- be/have something to do with sth idiom
- concerned
- cover
- in respect of sth idiom
- in the brain/looks department idiom
- into
- range
- re 1
- regard
- regarding
- relate
- relate to sb/sth
- say
- towards
- vis-à-vis
- wise
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