strive+with
11grapple with — Synonyms and related words: a outrance, antagonize, bandy with, battle, battle it out, beat against, beat up against, box, brawl, breast the wave, broil, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, bump heads, clash, close, close with, collide, combat, come… …
12it is ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope — a 1628 J. CARMICHAELL Proverbs in Scots no. 1847 Ye may not sit in Rome and strive with the Pape. 1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 194 It is hard to sit in Rome, and strive against the Pope. It is foolish to strive with our Governours, Landlords,… …
13contend with — Synonyms and related words: a outrance, bandy with, battle, battle it out, bump heads, care for, challenge, complain, complain loudly, confront, cope with, cross swords with, deal with, dispute, dissent, do with, engage with, exchange shots, face …
14cope with — Synonyms and related words: a outrance, accomplish, act toward, bandy with, battle, battle it out, behave toward, bump heads, care for, complete, conduct, contend with, cross swords with, deal by, deal with, discharge, dispatch, dispose of, do by …
15struggle with — Synonyms and related words: a outrance, bandy with, battle, battle it out, bump heads, contend with, cope with, cross swords with, engage with, exchange shots, fight like devils, fight with, go to loggerheads, grapple with, have it out, lock… …
16cope with — 1. Encounter, engage with, contend with, compete with, struggle with, strive with. 2. Encounter successfully, combat on equal terms, manage, hold at bay, hold one s own with …
17keep up with the joneses (to) — Strive, especially beyond one’s income, to socialize and spend like others in the same neighborhood. ► “This allows for the idea that households care about their relative standard of living, or the saying goes, they want ‘to keep up with the… …
18keep up with the Joneses — strive not be outdone by one s neighbours. → Joneses …
19USS Strive (AM-117) — was an Auk class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Strive was laid down on 17 November 1941 by the American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland …
20while two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it — c 1386 CHAUCER Knight’s Tale 1. 1177 We stryve as dide the houndes for the boon... Ther cam a kyte, whil that they were so wrothe, And baar awey the boon betwixe hem bothe. 1534 MORE Dialogue of Comfort (1553) I Aiiiv Now strive there twain for… …
