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What is another word for wrestling?

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Present participle for to fight with someone, typically while attempting to physically unbalance them

Present participle for to confront or deal with something challenging

Present participle for to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level

Present participle for to grapple at close quarters, especially (of boxers) so as to be too closely engaged for full-arm blows

Present participle for to agonize over something

Present participle for to take or seize something with great force or effort

Displaying or engaging in violence, combat, or aggression

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Present participle for to fight with someone, typically while attempting to physically unbalance them

rivalling^UK

rivaling^US

dueling^US

duelling^UK

jockeying for position

scrambling for

going head to head

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

fighting like Kilkenny cats

exchanging blows with

pitting oneself against

tussling with

going up against in contest

engaging in hostilities

punching competitively

engaging in fisticuffs

meeting head-on

coming to grips

playing off

assaulting each other

matching yourself against

going for the jugular

taking up the gauntlet

pitching oneself against

going at it hammer and tongs

putting yourself forward

fighting like cat and dog

taking up arms against

contending against

carrying on hostilities

putting up a fight against

having at it

having a misunderstanding

having shouting match

having an altercation

picking a bone

having a disagreement

contenting against

seeking to displace

taking part in a race

taking part

bearing arms against

getting into conflict with

meeting head on

coming into conflict with

taking the field against

fighting back against

locking horns with

shooting it out with

going one on one with

going eyeball to eyeball with

going toe to toe with

fighting with

fighting for Queen and country

fighting for King and country

ripping into each other

contradicting each other

taking issue with

jumping on

zapping

letting someone have it

beginning battle with

wrestling with

fighting it out

fighting to the finish

jumping on each other

putting up a struggle

having at each other

knocking around

getting in one's face

entering into combat with

mounting an attack on

coming to close quarters with

handling

flying in the face of

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

taking the bull by the horns

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“He comes across as too aggressive at times, and he will wrestle with the bigger kids to prove himself.”

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Present participle for to confront or deal with something challenging

addressing oneself to

“If so, people alive today may become the first to wrestle with the knowledge that Earth isn't the only living planet in the universe.”

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Present participle for to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level

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Present participle for to grapple at close quarters, especially (of boxers) so as to be too closely engaged for full-arm blows

scuffling with each other

struggling with each other

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Present participle for to agonize over something

Verb

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Present participle for to take or seize something with great force or effort

Adjective

Displaying or engaging in violence, combat, or aggression

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

at each other's throats

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

have chip on shoulder

ill-humored^US

like a bear with a sore head

having a chip on one's shoulder

as cross as two sticks

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

having got out of bed on the wrong side

having got out of bed the wrong side

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