(~s, tussling, ~d)
1.
If one person ~s with another, or if they ~, they get hold of each other and struggle or fight.
They ended up ripping down perimeter fencing and tussling with the security staff...
He grabbed my microphone and we ~d over that...
James and Elliott ~d.
V-RECIP: V with n, pl-n V over n, pl-n V
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Tussle is also a noun.
The referee booked him for a ~ with the goalie.
N-COUNT
2.
If one person ~s with another for something, or if they ~ for it, they try to beat each other in order to get it. (JOURNALISM)
Pezzo ~d for fourth place with Orvosova...
Officials ~d over who had responsibility for the newly fashionable unemployment agenda.
V-RECIP: V for n with n, pl-n V for/over n
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Tussle is also a noun.
...a legal ~ over who gets custody of the children.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
3.
If someone ~s with a difficult problem or issue, they try hard to solve it. (JOURNALISM)
He is tussling with the problem of what to do about inflation.
= wrestle
VERB: V with n