meet with

meet with
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "meet with":
present tense I/you/we/they meet with he/she/it meets with present participle meeting with past tense met with past participle met with
1) meet with someone to have a formal meeting with someone

They're meeting with Russian leaders to try to end the crisis.

2) meet with something
same as meet I, 3)

Experiments with the new drug have met with some success.

They finally came to a decision that has met with general approval.

3) meet with something to unexpectedly experience trouble, danger, difficulty etc

She met with an accident yesterday.


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