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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Other prominent Democratic governors have tangled with Trump this year as well, in what has become a preview of the 2028 race.
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Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
Trump has, of course, tangled with the courts throughout his career in politics, blasting judges as being too left-wing, too radical or otherwise biased against him.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
During Friday’s press conference in the Palazzo del Casino, the actors tangled with the film’s thorny topics, which deal not only with assault but also race relations in the academic world and the ideological divide between generations.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
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.
—Delaney Nolan, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
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Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
Trump has, of course, tangled with the courts throughout his career in politics, blasting judges as being too left-wing, too radical or otherwise biased against him.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
During Friday’s press conference in the Palazzo del Casino, the actors tangled with the film’s thorny topics, which deal not only with assault but also race relations in the academic world and the ideological divide between generations.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
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.
—Delaney Nolan, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
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“Tangle with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tangle%20with. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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