tangles with (verb) contend: compete, fight
Sinonime: argue,
battle,
clash,
confront,
contest, controvert,
cope,
dispute,
emulate,
encounter,
face, give all one's got, give one's all, go after, go for, go for broke, go for it, go for jugular,
grapple, have at, jockey for position,
jostle, knock oneself out, litigate, lock horns, make play for,
meet, mix it up with,
oppose, oppugn,
push, push for,
resist,
rival, scramble for, shoot at, shoot for, skirmish,
stand,
strive,
struggle, tangle with, tug,
vie,
withstandAntonime: abandon,
desert,
give up,
leave,
retreat