deal with something

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

deal with sth phrasal verb [ dealt with sth dealt with sth dealt with sth deals with sth dealing with sth ]
 
TAKE ACTION

1. <I > to take action in order to achieve something or in order to solve a problem
• How do you intend to deal with this problem?
• General enquiries are dealt with by our head office.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Dealing with things or people ↑Acting and acts ↑Coping and not coping ↑Tolerating and enduring
 
• "I simply haven't got time to deal with the problem today, " she said brusquely.
• Several subcommittees will be set up to deal with specific environmental issues.
• The older drugs didn't deal effectively with the malaria parasite.
• In my judgment, we should let the solicitor deal with this.
• We will deal with your order as quickly as possible.
 
BE ABOUT

2. to be about or be on the subject of something
• Her new film deals with the relationship between a woman and her sick daughter.
• The author has tried to deal with (= write about) a very difficult subject.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Regarding and concerning ↑Linking and relating
 
• The lecturer temporarily departed from her subject to deal with a related theory.
• All the papers deal with the same subject in their editorials.
• The novel deals with grand themes, but is never heavy or pretentious.
• Waugh's first volume of memoirs dealt with his childhood and youth.
• Her new film deals with the relationship between a woman and her sick daughter.
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