grapple with in English

Forms: grapples with [present, singular, third-person], grappling with [participle, present], grappled with [participle, past], grappled with [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} grapple with (third-person singular simple present grapples with, present participle grappling with, simple past and past participle grappled with)

Inflected forms

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"grapple with" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms