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

Jane Street invested $1 billion in CoreWeave and signed a $6 billion deal with the cloud computing company to use its AI cloud platform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

"I really wanted someone to recognise this condition, it was like something smashed my confidence, that I couldn't deal with anything at all," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Broadcom extended its deal with Meta Platforms through 2029 to support Meta’s artificial intelligence infrastructure.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Redick then gave a simple answer for how the Lakers have to deal with the Rockets in the best-of-seven series.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

“That’ll help a great deal with getting good offers.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu