1. to make war (on), to wage war (against), to go to war (with), to fight (with), to do battle (against)
2. to compete (against)
3. to struggle (against adversities, etc.), to fight, to contend, to resist
1. thing, matter
2. incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
3. circumstances, situation, state of affairs
4. work, business, affair
5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not ...