deal with something Definition

deal¹
noun

1. A bargain, agreement or arrangement, especially in business or politics.

Thesaurus: agreement, pledge, pact, bargain, contract, compromise, understanding.
2. A particular form of treatment or behaviour towards someone.

Example: a rough deal
3. The act or way of, or a player's turn of, sharing out cards among the players in a card game.

verb, tr & intr dealt, dealing

1. To divide the cards among the players in a card game.

Form: deal out (also)
2. To give something out to a number of people, etc.

Thesaurus: distribute, dispense, apportion, give, dole out, allot, divide, share, mete out.
Form: deal out (also)

Idiom: a good deal (a great deal)

A large quantity.
Thesaurus: a lot, quite a bit, a considerable amount, much.

Very much or often.
Example: She sees them a great deal

Idiom: deal someone a blow

To hit, strike or distress them.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon dæl a part.

Phrasal Verb: deal in something

To buy and sell it.

Phrasal Verb: deal with something or someone

To take action regarding them.To be concerned with them.