tackle verb - definition in Business English Dictionary

tackle

/ˈtækl/ verb [T]

› to try to deal with something:

The first thing the new government must do is to tackle inflation.

tackle a crisis/question/problem

I felt that the whole subject was too sensitive to tackle.

› to talk to someone about a difficult situation, usually because you disagree with them:

tackle sb on/about sth I was determined to tackle my boss on the way I had been treated.

(Definition of tackle verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

worried or nervous about something that is going to happen

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