the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully" engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years" combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority" engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden
combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
If you wrestle a person or thing somewhere, you move them there using a lot of force, for example by twisting a part of someone's body into a painful position. We had to physically wrestle the child from the man's arms see also wrestling
When you wrestle with a difficult problem, you try to deal with it. Delegates wrestled with the problems of violence and sanctions
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years"
To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest