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wrestle someone to the floor — wrestle someone to the ground/floor/ phrase to push someone down onto the ground and to hold them so that they cannot move The police wrestled the thief to the ground and arrested him. Thesaurus: to move, or to move something downwardssynonym… … Useful english dictionary
wrestle — UK [ˈres(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms wrestle : present tense I/you/we/they wrestle he/she/it wrestles present participle wrestling past tense wrestled past participle wrestled 1) to fight by holding and pushing someone but … English dictionary
wrestle — wres|tle [ resl ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to fight by holding and pushing someone but without hitting with your FISTS, especially as a sport a ) wrestle someone to the ground/floor to push someone down onto the ground and hold them… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wrestle — verb 1 (I, T) to fight someone by holding onto them and pulling or pushing them (+ with): The kids were wrestling with each other in the yard. | wrestle sb to the ground (=make someone fall down by holding onto them and pushing them) 2 (I, T) to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
wrestle with something — wrestle with (something) to work hard to do something difficult. The new governor will be wrestling with the state s disastrous financial condition. These are the big issues that society will have to wrestle with. More than 200 firefighters… … New idioms dictionary
wrestle with — (something) to work hard to do something difficult. The new governor will be wrestling with the state s disastrous financial condition. These are the big issues that society will have to wrestle with. More than 200 firefighters wrestled with the… … New idioms dictionary
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wrestle — [[t]re̱s(ə)l[/t]] wrestles, wrestling, wrestled 1) VERB When you wrestle with a difficult problem, you try to deal with it. [V with n] Delegates wrestled with the problems of violence and sanctions... [V with n] We re wrestling with a recession … English dictionary
wrestle — wres|tle [ˈresəl] v [: Old English; Origin: wrAstlian, from wrAstan; WREST] 1.) [I and T] to fight someone by holding them and pulling or pushing them wrestle with ▪ The two men wrestled with each other. ▪ Police officers wrestled him to the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
wrestle — [ˈres(ə)l] verb [I/T] to fight by holding someone and trying to push or throw them to the ground, especially as a sport • wrestle with sth … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
