Meaning of to deal with

[Guest]

Test No. errors/advan-5 "At the Airport", question 1

Working at the reception desk for an airline can be hard work when you consider all the different people you have to hold with.

(a) Working
(b) consider
(c) different people
(d) hold with

Test No. errors/advan-5 "At the Airport", answer 1

Working at the reception desk for an airline can be hard work when you consider all the different people you have to deal with.

Correct entry: deal with
The error was: (d) hold with
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I dont understand the question

[Alan]

Here this means all the people whose questions you have to answer and whose problems you have to solve.
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