assert

/əˈsɜːt/ verb

Definition

assert yourself › to behave or speak in a strong, confident way: She has to learn to assert herself.

assert your authority/control/independence, etc › to do something to show other people that you have power

› [T] formal to say that something is certainly true: [+ that] He asserts that she stole money from him.

(Definition of assert verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to manage not to be destroyed, harmed or permanently affected by the difficult situation you...

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