- tangled up with someone
- tangled up with (someone)
involved with someone.
The boy had gotten tangled up with a bad bunch of kids and was in serious trouble.
Usage notes: usually said about someone who causes you trouble
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
tangled up with someone
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tangled up with — (someone) involved with someone. The boy had gotten tangled up with a bad bunch of kids and was in serious trouble. Usage notes: usually said about someone who causes you trouble … New idioms dictionary
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get tangled (up) with — be/get/tangled (up) with phrase to be or become connected to something or someone in a complicated way Economic decline is all tangled up with political instability. Thesaurus: to be connected with or related to somethingsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
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… … New idioms dictionary
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tangled — tan|gled [ tæŋgld ] adjective 1. ) if something is tangled, its parts are twisted around each other in a messy way: brushing her tangled black hair Many passengers were trapped in the tangled mass of steel. 2. ) very complicated and difficult to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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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
