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tackle
 
NOUN:Things needed for a task, journey, or other purpose: accouterment (often used in plural), apparatus, equipment, gear, material (used in plural), materiel, outfit, paraphernalia, rig, thing (used in plural), turnout. See MEANS.
VERB:1. To take upon oneself: assume, incur, shoulder, take on, take over, undertake. See ACCEPT. 2. To start work on vigorously: attack, go at, sail in, wade in or (into). Idioms: hop to it. See WORK.
 
 
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