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struggle

Definition

  • verb: to try very hard to do, achieve, or deal with something that is difficult or that causes problems
  • verb: to make strenuous or violent efforts in the face of difficulties or opposition
  • often followed by 'to' + 'verb'
  • synonyms: labor, contend, strive

Examples

  • He has been 'struggling' with the problem of how to keep good workers from leaving.

  • She is 'struggling' with her health. [=she is having problems with her health]

  • She was 'struggling' with the door. [=trying to open the door]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Harry Cantor owes me $ You collect it for me. I give you a third. If you do it, this week... I take you to Duffinetti for a nice steak. He wasn't gonna struggle, like his father, going through one menial job to another. His friend Abe got cents an hour for lugging big crates of stationary. (..)
    2016 Café Society