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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Depending on your order, the noodles may be tangled with ribbons of beef and bok choy alongside a handful of cilantro.
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
The team will tangle with Fairfield (11-7) on Friday at noon at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex in College Park, and Penn (10-6) will face Army West Point (13-3) at 3 p.m.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2025
However, Sandhagen was unafraid to tangle with Figueiredo on the ground, using his ability to get free of the leg entanglements Figueiredo was pursuing to land a lot of ground strikes.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Clement’s lawsuit against the executive order isn’t his only tangle with the second Trump Administration.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
The team will tangle with Fairfield (11-7) on Friday at noon at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex in College Park, and Penn (10-6) will face Army West Point (13-3) at 3 p.m.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2025
However, Sandhagen was unafraid to tangle with Figueiredo on the ground, using his ability to get free of the leg entanglements Figueiredo was pursuing to land a lot of ground strikes.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Clement’s lawsuit against the executive order isn’t his only tangle with the second Trump Administration.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Tangle with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tangle%20with. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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