deal with

deal with idiom
  1. See deal in, def. 1.
  2. Do business with someone, as in I like dealing with this company. [Late 1600s] Also see deal in, def. 2.
  3. Take action in, handle, administer, dispose of, as in The committee will deal with this matter. [Second half of 1400s]
  4. Act in a specified way toward someone, as in He dealt extremely fairly with his competitors. [c. 1300]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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