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wrestle English

Meaning wrestle meaning

What does wrestle mean?
Definitions in simple English

wrestle Verb

— If two people wrestle, they fight by holding, pushing, and pulling each other. The two men who wrestled in the TV show were very young.

wrestle Noun

— A wrestle is a fight with pushing and pulling, often a play fight. The wrestle between the two men on the street was hard.

wrestle

— verb combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority — verb engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate I wrestled with this decision for years — verb engage in a wrestling match The children wrestled in the garden — noun (= wrestling, grapple, grappling) the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat they had a fierce wrestle we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully — verb (= writhe, wriggle, twist) 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 wrestle synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as wrestle?

wrestle English » English

struggle fight grapple wrestling battle contend wriggle worm twist squirm combat writhe war tussle strive scuffle grappling conflict strife hug hand-to-hand struggle wrestle together wreathe wrangle wind wage war vie tug-of-war throw down tackle spiral snake slither scrap scramble repress quash quarrel play fight overthrow match lay down have a wrestle grapple with grab fight against fidget embrace dogfight curl

Topics wrestle topics

What do people use wrestle to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict

Fight

Conjugation wrestle conjugation

How do you conjugate wrestle?

wrestle · verb

Examples wrestle examples

How do I use wrestle in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You wanna arm wrestle?
Then I sang a silly song about an ant who tried to wrestle a chewing gum.
Mary watched the boys wrestle playfully in the backyard.
Let's arm wrestle.
Does Tom still wrestle?

Movie subtitles

I'll wrestle anybody in the crowd for five dollars.
You and I must have a good wrestle someday.
I am sorry, but when you wrestle again, Mr. Kirby, you will of course not wear your glasses.
I do not intend to wrestle again, sir.
So you wanna wrestle, huh?
Do you want to arm wrestle again?
I teached him how to wrestle.
Ever seen me wrestle?
When I need some money, I go out and wrestle.
You never wrestle with me anymore.
You said I never wrestle.
I'd rather wrestle a lion.
I think I'll just go down to the cellar and wrestle with the alligator.
Do you really wrestle alligators?
Think you can lick 'em all? I'll fight 'em or wrestle 'em if they'll come at me and pile 'em up under the tree.
They wrestle with you a little.
Well, we don't wrestle.
Let him wrestle with my bear - prove his strength!
Can he wrestle?
The Duke of Burgundy cannot wrestle a peasant.
So, for kicks, Army, we let the kid wrestle a few.
Wrestle with his passions.
Let's wrestle! - Okay.
You said I never wrestle. - Never mind. for now.
I appreciate all you're tryin' to learn me, but. do you have to wrestle while you show me!
He can tickle her and pinch her. grab her, wrestle with her.
I'm almost certain that one of those masked women they're going to wrestle with is Tongo.
Wrestle?

News and current affairs

Today, that consensus is unraveling as America's politicians wrestle with a federal budget that is itself turning into a long war - one with its own casualties.
Science and religion still wrestle over the legacy of Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection.
The US economy is still ranked near the top in competitiveness by the World Economic Forum, and the political system, in its own messy way, has slowly begun to wrestle with the necessary changes.
The need to wrestle with macroeconomic-policy issues could easily cause talks to bog down - and give protectionist lobbies the political ammunition they need.

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