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Phrase(s): contend with
a problem to put up with a difficulty; to struggle with the problems caused by someone or something. • I cannot contend with your temper anymore. • I wish we did not have to contend with this changeable weather., Phrase(s): contend with someone (for something) [and] contend (with someone) for something
to fight someone for something; to compete with someone to win something. • I don’t want to have to contend with Sally for the award. • I don’t want to have to contend for the job with Ed.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs