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

Some economists were expecting that Rogers’s speech might try to either rebut or buttress the market’s interest-rate expectations, which anticipate three Bank of Canada interest-rate increases before the end of 2026 in order to deal with the fallout from higher fuel costs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yanai said his company’s deal with the Dodgers covers five years.

From Los Angeles Times

Tracy says she "cannot describe how upsetting and frustrating" it was to deal with NS&I when trying to find her late father's premium bonds.

From BBC

He said that NS&I told him they deal with situations like this frequently and instructed him to fill in a form, and include a note about his mother's condition.

From BBC

"It's tough enough when you've lost somebody but to have to deal with this..." he laments.

From BBC