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| Main Entry: | compete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go up against in contest |
| Synonyms: | attempt, bandy, battle, bid, challenge, clash, collide, contend, contest, emulate, encounter, essay, face, fence, fight, go for*, grapple, joust, lock horns*, oppose, play, rival, spar, strive, struggle, take on, tilt, try, tussle, vie, wrestle, be in the running, cope with, go after, go for broke, go for the gold, in the hunt, jockey for position, match strength, match wits, participate in, pit oneself against, run for, scramble for, seek prize, take part |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hang tough |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | bear, brave, face, go through, keep up, stand, stomach*, suffer, swallow*, take, take it*, weather, withstand, be patient with, bear the brunt, cope with, grin and bear it, gut it out, hang in, hang in there, live out, live through, meet with, never say die, put up with, ride out*, sit through, stick in there, stick it out, tough it out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | come to grips with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deal with |
| Synonyms: | bear, bite the bullet, brace, brave, confront, contend, endure, face, stomach, suffer, sustain, take, withstand, cope with, go to the mat, grapple with, make a stand |
| Main Entry: | deal/deal with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | handle, manage |
| Synonyms: | act, approach, behave, clear, concern, consider, control, direct, discuss, hack it*, handle, oversee, play, review, rid, serve, take, treat, unburden, use, attend to, behave toward, conduct oneself, cope with, get a handle on something, have to do with, live with, make a go of it, make it, see to, take care of |
| Antonyms: | mismanage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | endure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bear hardship |
| Synonyms: | abide, accustom, allow, brave, brook, countenance, eat, encounter, experience, face, feel, go through, keep up, know, permit, stand, stick, stomach*, subject to, suffer, support, sustain, swallow*, take, take it*, tolerate, undergo, weather, withstand, be patient with, bear the brunt, cope with, grin and bear it, hang in, live out, live through, meet with, never say die, put up with, repress feelings, resign oneself, ride out*, sit through, stick it out, submit to, take patiently |
| Notes: | to endure means to put up with something or somebody unpleasant; to survive is to continue to live |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | face |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come up against a situation |
| Synonyms: | abide, accost, affront, allow, bear, beard, brace, brave, brook, challenge, confront, contend, countenance, court, cross, dare, defy, encounter, endure, experience, fight, meet, oppose, resist, risk, stand, stomach*, submit, suffer, sustain, swallow*, take, take it, take on, tell off*, tolerate, venture, withstand, be confronted by, bit the bullet, cope with, deal with, eyeball, fly in face of, go up against, grapple with, make a stand, run into, square off, take the bull by the horns |
| Antonyms: | hide, retreat, run, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | handle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, take care of |
| Synonyms: | administer, advise, apply, bestow, command, conduct, control, direct, discuss, dispense, dominate, employ, exercise, exploit, govern, guide, hack it*, make out*, maneuver, manipulate, operate, play, ply, serve, steer, supervise, swing, take, treat, use, utilize, wield, work, behave toward, call the signals, cope with, cut the mustard, deal with, get a handle on, make the grade, run things |
| Antonyms: | disregard, mismanage, misuse, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | manage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accomplish |
| Synonyms: | achieve, arrange, bring about, bring off, carry out, con*, contrive, cook*, doctor*, effect, engineer, execute, finagle, fix, jockey*, plant*, rig*, scam*, succeed, swing, upstage, wangle*, work, cope with, deal with, play games, pull strings, push around, put one over |
| Antonyms: | fail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform, carry out |
| Synonyms: | answer, approach, come up to, comply, discharge, equal, execute, fit, fulfill, gratify, handle, match, rival, satisfy, suffice, tie, touch, cope with, measure up |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge |
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