deal with

British  

verb

1. to take action on

   to deal with each problem in turn

2. to punish

   the headmaster will deal with the culprit

3. to be concerned with

   the book deals with Dutch art

4. to conduct oneself (towards others), esp with regard to fairness

   he can be relied on to deal fairly with everyone

5. to do business with

   the firm deals with many overseas suppliers

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deal with Idioms  

1. See deal in , def. 1.

2. Do business with someone, as in I like dealing with this company . [Late 1600s] Also see deal in , def. 2.

3. Take action in, handle, administer, dispose of, as in The committee will deal with this matter . [Second half of 1400s]

4. Act in a specified way toward someone, as in He dealt extremely fairly with his competitors . [c. 1300]

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Example Sentences

Looking back, Michael Levy says his intensive campaigning helped him deal with the "emotional rollercoaster" after his sister-in-law, Einav, was killed at the Nova Festival and his younger brother, Or, was taken hostage alive.

From BBC

FAA leaders convened a panel of experts in February to re-examine how to deal with debris risks from spaceflight failures, following up on earlier work on the issue.

From The Wall Street Journal

The agency would deal with debris risk at a different policymaking level, an FAA official said in an email reviewed by the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal

The agency had previously developed a way to deal with “catastrophic risk to air traffic interacting with space missions” by creating temporary no-fly zones called debris response areas, according to the internal documents reviewed by the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal

Steel executives as they negotiated with the administration to close their deal with Japan’s Nippon Steel.

From The Wall Street Journal