transcription, транскрипция: [ græp(ə)l ]
( grapples, grappling, grappled)
1.
If you grapple with a problem or difficulty, you try hard to solve it.
The economy is just one of several critical problems the country is grappling with.
= wrestle
VERB : V with n
2.
If you grapple with someone, you take hold of them and struggle with them, as part of a fight. You can also say that two people grapple .
He was grappling with an alligator in a lagoon...
They grappled desperately for control of the weapon.
V-RECIP : V with n , pl-n V