Definition of enmesh
: to catch or entangle in or as if in meshes
- deeply enmeshed in the plot
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soon after Eli Whitney had invented it, others copied his cotton gin, and he spent the rest of his life enmeshed in lawsuits trying to protect his invention
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Dispatched by a senior official (Fiona Shaw) to an off-the-books investigation into Villanelle, Eve slowly becomes enmeshed in the killer's web.
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The president’s decision has also exposed many of his aides, leaving them deeply enmeshed in an inquiry that is likely to cost them tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees.
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The president’s decision has also exposed many of his aides, leaving them deeply enmeshed in an inquiry that is likely to cost them tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees.
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Now Daniels is enmeshed in a legal battle with President Trump over a purported 2006 affair and charges that Trump, through an intermediary, bought her silence in the waning days of the 2016 presidential race.
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Another of his allies was Khalid bin Mahfouz, a billionaire who later became enmeshed in the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International in 1991, at the time one of the largest private banks in the world.
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But the falloff accelerated as the United States became more deeply enmeshed in the costly Vietnam conflict (troop numbers increased eightfold, from 23,000 to 184,000 in 1965 alone).
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Our quantitative world has seamlessly become enmeshed with an ethereal realm, dissolving into a Dalíesque fluidity.
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Photo: Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press That business model has enmeshed Qualcomm in countless lawsuits over the years—including a bruising battle currently raging with Apple Inc.
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First Known Use of enmesh
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Definition of enmesh for English Language Learners
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: to wrap or tangle (someone or something) in a net
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