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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Brown suffered the injury in the Clippers’ 95-92 win over the Houston Rockets on Friday after getting tangled with a Rockets player who fell on Brown’s ankle in the third quarter.
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Andy Theobald, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2025
He’s been tangling with the industry in some form or fashion since one insider saw him as a would-be pop star more than a decade ago.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025
He got tangled with a Rockets defender in the third quarter, and the player fell on his right ankle.
—Staff, Oc Register, 12 July 2025
Her tangles with Trump have been largely performative, not predictive.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 9 July 2025
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Andy Theobald, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2025
He’s been tangling with the industry in some form or fashion since one insider saw him as a would-be pop star more than a decade ago.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025
He got tangled with a Rockets defender in the third quarter, and the player fell on his right ankle.
—Staff, Oc Register, 12 July 2025
Her tangles with Trump have been largely performative, not predictive.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 9 July 2025
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“Tangle with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tangle%20with. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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