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reckon with
Deal with, as in Your lost wallet isn't the only problem we have to reckon with . Also see take into account .
Take into account, be prepared for, as in The third-party movement is a force to be reckoned with during the primaries . This usage was first recorded in 1885.
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In 鈥淕rief Is for People,鈥 Crosley grieves the jewelry she loses in a burglary, until she is forced to also reckon with the loss of her best friend and mentor to suicide.
The Lib Dems reckon with a good night they might control more councils than the Tories this time next week 鈥 whether it's Oxfordshire or Wiltshire, Buckinghamshire or other parts of the South West.
At the same time, India must reckon with the security failures that allowed the attack to happen in the first place.
But making the main hero of "The Last of Us" the target of righteous vendetta invites viewers to reckon with the concept of justice long prescribed in Westerns.
But until now, it has at least had the opportunity to arrive afterward; to ask what happened, weigh the facts, and reckon with the power used.
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