To tackle a difficult situation and survive; to survive through; to weather.
To survive in a storm (about a ship) and keep afloat.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ride, out.
To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.
Strife, contention, great effort.