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tackle

verb/ˈtækl/

A2CEFR level
10/100Rarity: common
NeutralRegister

To make a determined effort to deal with a difficult problem or task.

The council is finally tackling the shortage of affordable housing.

Similar: address, confront, deal with

Topic: Cambridge C1 Advanced in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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