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Definition of Wrestle

Wrestle

  1. To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.
  2. Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.
  3. To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.
  4. A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle.

Wrestle Quotations

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.
George Bernard Shaw

The bear is what we all wrestle with. Everybody has their bear in life. It's about conquering that bear and letting him go.
Jennifer Lopez

I must say that I do wrestle with the amount of money I make, but at the end of the day what am I gonna say? I took less money so Rupert Murdoch could have more?
Tom Hanks

Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.
Harold Evans

People wrestle sometimes making movies, and I think that conflict is a very essential thing. I think a lot of very happy productions have produced a lot of very banal movies.
Edward Norton
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Wrestle Translations

wrestle in Dutch is kampen, worstelen
wrestle in Finnish is painia
wrestle in French is lutte
wrestle in German is ringen
wrestle in Italian is lottare
wrestle in Spanish is luchar
wrestle in Swedish is brottas

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