cope with (third-person singular simple present copes with, present participle coping with, simple past and past participle coped with)

1. (transitive) To come to terms with; to overcome any difficulties presented by.

   She finds her mental illness very difficult to cope with.

   The government should implement this policy to cope with this serious problem.

   • 1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC ↗; republished as The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., 1918 September, →OCLC ↗:

     I was fagged out, and for the first time in years felt a question as to my ability to cope with an antagonist; […]

• (come to terms with): come to terms with, contend with, deal with, get by with, grapple with, make do with, make out with, manage with

• German: verkraften, bewältigen, zurechtkommen, umgehen, fertigwerden, schaffen
• Russian: справля́ться
• Spanish: sobrellevar