tangle with
phrasal verb
tangled with; tangling with; tangles with
informal
: to fight or argue with (someone or something)
He's not someone I would want to tangle with.
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This is rural Richland Parish, once a floodplain tangled with meandering bayous and wild canebrake where black bears still wander and a quarter of the 20,000 residents live below the poverty line.
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Delaney Nolan, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
To obtain relevant documents, the local chapter tangled with the city for multiple years, starting in 2021, and involved the American Civil Liberties Union.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Suamataia might’ve had his feet tangled with a teammate, but those feet had already been driven six yards behind the line of scrimmage.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2025
Grief tangles with lingering frustration over a mental illness that was never satisfactorily named or treated.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
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Delaney Nolan, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
To obtain relevant documents, the local chapter tangled with the city for multiple years, starting in 2021, and involved the American Civil Liberties Union.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Suamataia might’ve had his feet tangled with a teammate, but those feet had already been driven six yards behind the line of scrimmage.
—Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2025
Grief tangles with lingering frustration over a mental illness that was never satisfactorily named or treated.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tangle with
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“Tangle with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tangle%20with. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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