meet with

Definitions

1. 1

   To have a meeting with (someone).

2. 2

   To encounter

   To encounter; to experience.

   • The proposal met with stiff opposition.
   • I will follow your La’ſhip through the World; but your La’ſhip had almoſt as good be alone; for I ſhall not be able to defend you, if any Robbers, or other Villains, ſhould meet with you.
   • No ſnakes of any kind are to be met with throughout the whole iſland.
3. 3

   To answer (something) with

   To answer (something) with; to respond to (something) with.

   • They met the proposal with stiff opposition.
   • The proposal was met with stiff opposition.
   • The proposal met with stiff opposition.
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   1. 4

      To strike (something).

      • His face met with a punch harder than a punch should be.
   2. 5

      To contact or touch (something).

      • The baseboard met with the chimney stones very crudely.

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