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hack

verb [T usually in negatives] (MANAGE)
 
 
/hæk/ informal

Definition

to manage to deal successfully with something: I tried working on the night shift for a while, but I just couldn't hack it.Dealing with things or peopleActing and actsCoping and not copingTolerating and enduring
(Definition of hack verb (MANAGE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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