verb / noun
wrestle
RESS-uhl/ˈresl/
To struggle physically with an opponent to overpower that opponent.
Two athletes wrestle on the mat, each trying to gain control.
Etymology
The twisting action of wrest is probably repeated or intensified by the suffix, giving the image of grappling. That physical struggle also supplies the figurative sense of working hard against a troublesome problem.
In context
with the figure in you need to bend his knees and you do have to kind of wrestle him in there but once he is in with those hooks over his shoulders he will not easily fall out
More examples
- She wrestles her opponent to the ground.
- He wrestled with the intruder until help arrived.
- Their playful wrestle ends when the dog jumps between them.
Forms
wrestle · wrestles · wrestled · wrestling
wrestler noun — A person who grapples with opponents for sport.