WRESTLE

• (noun) the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

  "they had a fierce wrestle", "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"

  synonyms : grapple , grappling , hand-to-hand struggle , wrestling

• (verb) engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate

  "I wrestled with this decision for years"

• (verb) combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force

  "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"

• (verb) engage in a wrestling match

  "The children wrestled in the garden"

• (verb) 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"

  synonyms : squirm , twist , worm , wriggle , writhe

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