tangle with someone

tangle with someone
tangle with (someone/something) to disagree or fight with someone or something.

She's not afraid to tangle with her father.

The two computer giants had tangled with each other in court several times.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of tangle (= to get things mixed together so that it is difficult to separate them)

New idioms dictionary. 2014.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • tangle with someone or something — in. o quarrel or fight with someone or something. □ I didn’t want to tangle with her, so I did what she wanted. □ It’s like tangling with a grizzly …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • tangle with something — tangle with (someone/something) to disagree or fight with someone or something. She s not afraid to tangle with her father. The two computer giants had tangled with each other in court several times. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of… …   New idioms dictionary

  • tangle with — (someone/something) to disagree or fight with someone or something. She s not afraid to tangle with her father. The two computer giants had tangled with each other in court several times. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of tangle (= to… …   New idioms dictionary

  • tangle with — verb get involved in or with (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑get into • Hypernyms: ↑change state, ↑turn • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s …   Useful english dictionary

  • tangle with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms tangle with : present tense I/you/we/they tangle with he/she/it tangles with present participle tangling with past tense tangled with past participle tangled with informal tangle with someone to become… …   English dictionary

  • ˈtangle with sb — phrasal verb informal to become involved in a fight or argument with someone …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • tangle — tan|gle1 [ tæŋgl ] noun count 1. ) the messy shape that things make when they are twisted around each other or around something else: Her hair was in a hopeless tangle. a tangle of narrow streets 2. ) a situation that is difficult to deal with… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • tangle — 1. noun /ˈtæŋ.ɡəl/ a) a tangled twisted mass I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere. b) a complicated or confused state or condition Syn: knot, mess, snarl, maze, argument …   Wiktionary

  • tangle — tan|gle1 [ˈtæŋgəl] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) [I and T] also tangle up to become twisted together, or make something become twisted together, in an untidy mass ▪ My hair tangles easily. ▪ His parachute… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • tangle — I UK [ˈtæŋɡ(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms tangle : singular tangle plural tangles 1) the untidy shape that things make when they are twisted round each other or round something else Her hair had got into a hopeless tangle. a tangle of… …   English dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”