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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He got tangled with a Rockets defender in the third quarter, and the player fell on his right ankle.
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Staff, Oc Register, 12 July 2025
Her tangles with Trump have been largely performative, not predictive.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 9 July 2025
This is not the first time that Trump has tangled with Japan and South Korea on trade -- and the new tariffs suggest his past deals made during his first term failed to deliver on his administration's own hype.
—arkansasonline.com, 8 July 2025
This is not the first time that Trump has tangled with Japan and South Korea on trade — and the new tariffs suggest his past deals made during his first term failed to deliver on his administration’s own hype.
—Josh Boak, Twin Cities, 7 July 2025
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Staff, Oc Register, 12 July 2025
Her tangles with Trump have been largely performative, not predictive.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 9 July 2025
This is not the first time that Trump has tangled with Japan and South Korea on trade -- and the new tariffs suggest his past deals made during his first term failed to deliver on his administration's own hype.
—arkansasonline.com, 8 July 2025
This is not the first time that Trump has tangled with Japan and South Korea on trade — and the new tariffs suggest his past deals made during his first term failed to deliver on his administration’s own hype.
—Josh Boak, Twin Cities, 7 July 2025
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“Tangle with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tangle%20with. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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