Approach
Deal with
Deal with verb - To behave toward in a stated way.
Both terms in one sentence
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Police Are Useless: Multiple episodes established this quickly to explain why the client of the week needed to approach the A-Team instead of the cops to deal with the villain of the week.
Source: Series / The A-Team -
They act (understandably) cautious if you approach, but you can work out a peaceful deal with them, allowing you into their camp if you give them some food.
Source: Video Game / S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Whilst the two movies deal with some similar themes, The Road is a much more methodical and bleak in its approach whilst The Book of Eli placed more emphasis on action and had a more Fallout-esque scenario The Road fared much better critically, but just about broke even money wise.
Source: Dueling Works / Film Cross Genre
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