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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McSherry told Ars that more transparency will be needed as courts continue tangling with cases impacting chatbot users. ArsTechnica, 23 June 2025 He's nudged the series into the realm of pure fantasy by having the Doctor tangle with a pantheon of actual gods played by people like Neil Patrick Harris and Jinkx Monsoon. Glen Weldon, NPR, 7 June 2025 Jackson will debut as Russell in Tulsa King’s upcoming third season, tangling with Dwight in multiple episodes before heading to his own spinoff. Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 5 June 2025 House Speaker Matt Ritter of Hartford had tangled with Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration to the point that Ritter threatened to pass a one-year budget. Bill Claffey, Hartford Courant, 2 June 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 11 Jul. 2025.

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