struggle
verb (EFFORT) /ˈstrʌɡ.l̩/Definition
B2 [I] to experience difficulty and make a very great effort in order to do something: [+ to infinitive] The dog had been struggling to get free of the wire noose. I've been struggling to understand this article all afternoon. Fish struggle for survival when the water level drops in the lake.Trying and making an effortEffort and expending energy struggle along, through, out, etc. › to move somewhere with great effort: He struggled along the rough road holding his son. By this time he'd managed to struggle out of bed.Slow and moving slowly › [I] informal to be in danger of failing or being defeated: After the first half, United were really struggling at 1–3 down.Unsafe and insecure
(Definition of struggle verb (EFFORT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- at stake idiom
- be on the line idiom
- endangered adjective
- exposed adjective
- hang by a thread idiom
- in the firing line idiom
- indefensible adjective
- insecure adjective (NOT SAFE)
- jeopardy noun
- precarious adjective
- risk noun
- sb's/sth's days are numbered idiom
- shadow noun (DARKNESS)
- shaky adjective (WEAK)
- threat noun
- unattended adjective
- unbalanced adjective (NOT FIRM)
- unsafe adjective (IN DANGER)
- unsound adjective (WEAK)
- unstable adjective
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Unsafe and insecure
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