Wrestle | Mean of wrestle in English Dictionary

/ˈrɛsəl/

• Verb
• to fight (someone) by holding and pushing instead of by hitting, kicking, or punching
1. She wrestled him to the ground. [=she held on to him and forced him to fall to the ground]
2. She wrestled with her attacker.
• to fight in the sport of wrestling
1. They'll be wrestling each other for the championship.
2. They'll be wrestling with/against each other for the championship.
3. I wrestled in high school. [=I was a wrestler in high school]
• to struggle to move, deal with, or control something
1. She was wrestling with her luggage as she boarded the plane.
2. She wrestled with her conscience.
3. We wrestled with the issue/problem of how to cut costs without laying off workers.
4. He finally wrestled his drug habit into submission. [=he finally overcame his drug habit]