| contend(verb, work, attack, maintain, oppose) |
| struggle(verb, action, act, work, meet) |
| fight(verb, work, meet, oppose, struggle) |
| contest(verb, work, meet, attack, run) |
| strive(verb, work, meet, attack, oppose) |
| essay(verb, work, attack, struggle) |
| take on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, work, oppose) |
| go for(verb, expression, phrasal verb, work, meet) |
| attempt(verb, work, attack, struggle) |
| participate(verb, take, play, join, aid) |
| play(verb, join, aid, perform) |
| bear down(verb, expression, work, attack, struggle) |
| exert oneself(verb, expression, work, attack, struggle) |
| hassle(verb, work, fight, struggle) |
| jockey(verb, work, strain, struggle) |
| knock oneself out(verb, expression, idiom, work, meet) |
| labor(verb, work, attack, struggle) |
| push(verb, work, meet, oppose, fight) |
| shoot for(verb, expression, work, meet, attack) |
| tug(verb, work, meet, oppose, fight) |