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scorn(verb, meet, oppose, provoke, challenge)
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shuffle(verb, fight, contend, scrap, wrestle)
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submit(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
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sustain(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
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take(verb, meet, oppose, play, allow)
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take on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, meet)
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take the bull by the horns(verb, expression, idiom, take, meet)
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tangle(verb, oppose, fight, challenge, struggle)
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throw down the gauntlet(verb, expression, idiom, oppose, fight)
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