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deal with something

(BE ABOUT)

Definition

to be about or be on the subject of something: She likes novels that deal with serious moral issues. The lecture dealt with his trip to South Africa.
(Definition of deal with something (BE ABOUT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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