(~s, grappling, ~d)
1.
If you ~ 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 ~ with someone, you take hold of them and struggle with them, as part of a fight. You can also say that two people ~.
He was grappling with an alligator in a lagoon...
They ~d desperately for control of the weapon.
V-RECIP: V with n, pl-n V