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Phrase(s): tussle with someone or something
1. to struggle or battle with someone or something. • Tim tussled with Roger for a while, and then they made peace. • I tussled with the trunk, trying to get it into the attic. 2. Fig. to argue or contend with someone, a group, or something. (Fig. on Q.) • I tussled with my conscience all night. • We tussled with the committee and won our point.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs