cope
verb
[ kəʊp ]
• (of a person) deal effectively with something difficult.
• "his ability to cope with stress"
Similar:
manage,
survive,
subsist,
look after oneself,
fend for oneself,
shift for oneself,
stand on one's own two feet,
carry on,
get through,
get on,
get along,
get by,
muddle through,
muddle along,
scrape by,
bear up,
make the grade,
come through,
hold one's own,
keep one's end up,
keep one's head above water,
keep the wolf from the door,
weather the storm,
make out,
hack it,
paddle one's own canoe,
rub along,
deal with,
handle,
address,
face,
face up to,
confront,
tackle,
sort out,
take care of,
take in hand,
get to grips with,
contend with,
grapple with,
wrestle with,
struggle with,
tussle with,
put up with,
weather,
endure,
withstand,
stand up to,
bear,
brave,
accept,
come to terms with,
master,
overcome,
surmount,
get over,
get the better of,
beat,
stomach,
swallow,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘meet in battle, come to blows’): from Old French coper, colper, from cop, colp ‘a blow’, via Latin from Greek kolaphos ‘blow with the fist’.
cope
noun
• a long, loose cloak worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions.
cope
verb
• (in building) cover (a joint or structure) with a coping.
• "a high wall coped with tiles"
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a long outdoor cloak): from medieval Latin capa, variant of late Latin cappa (see cap1 and cape1).
