deal with
phrasal verbdeal with somebody
- to take appropriate action in a particular situation or according to who you are talking to, managing, etc. synonym handle
- She is used to dealing with all kinds of people in her job.
- You have not dealt fairly with me.
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deal with somebody/something
- to do business with a person, a company or an organization
- Our factory deals directly with its customers.
deal with something
- to solve a problem, perform a task, etc.
- Not all complaints are so easily dealt with.
- The two issues should be dealt with separately.
- We discussed different ways of dealing with the problem.
- Have you dealt with these letters yet?
- He's good at dealing with pressure.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- directly
- in
- with
- quickly
- speedily
- at length
- …
- a way of dealing with something
- to be about something
- Her poems often deal with the subject of death.
- This topic is dealt with at greater length in the following chapter.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- directly
- in
- with
- quickly
- speedily
- at length
- …
- a way of dealing with something