weather
/ˈweðər/ verb [T]Definition
› to deal successfully with a difficult situation or problem: weather a crisis/downturn/recession The company claimed that it would weather the downturn and return to strong growth.
weather the storm › to successfully deal with a very difficult problem: While large financial institutions might be able to weather the storm, many of the smaller traders are likely to go under.
(Definition of weather verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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