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def achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
examples This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation
You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
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Hypernym achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
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Hyponym achieve, accomplish, attain, reach

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