struggle to do
struggle to (do something)
To have difficulty or put forth a strenuous effort to do something. The device has proven expensive to manufacture and hard to market, so the company has struggled to make a profit this fiscal year. I've been struggling to understand your reasoning.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
struggle to do something
to strive or battle to do something. She struggled hard to meet her deadlines. We had to struggle to make ends meet.
See also: struggle
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- struggle to (do something)
- struggle for
- struggle for (something)
- work (something) out of (something else)
- work out of
- the easy option
- shoulder to the wheel, to put/set one's
- draw forth
- struggle on with
- struggle on with (something)