3
encounter(verb, meet, attack, oppose, play)
3
flounder(verb, struggle)
3
go up against(verb, opposition, competition, opponent)
3
grind(verb, work, drive, determine, push)
3
hustle(verb, work, drive, determine, push)
3
jostle(verb, meet, oppose, push, fight)
3
knock oneself out(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, work)
3
mix it up(expression, idiom, meet, attack, fight)
3
pursue(verb, drive, continue, criticize, manage)
3
resist(verb, support, force, meet, attack)
3
rival(verb, meet, oppose, play, fight)
3
scuffle(verb, meet, attack, fight, challenge)
3
work at(verb, expression, slip, stumble, labor)
2
fag(verb, work, exertion, exert)
2
accomplish
2
altercate(verb, meet, attack, fight, challenge)
2
apply oneself(verb, expression, drive, manage, use)
2
argue(verb, support, force, meet, maintain)
2
attack(verb, work, meet, criticize, fight)
2
attain
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