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Meanings of tangle with in English

Get involved in or with.

Usage of tangle with in English
1
And we absolutely don't want to tangle with that much tribal infantry.
Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
2
You may tangle with a sunken ship you didn't know was there.
On the Beach
3
Bendtner then scored from the spot after a clumsy tangle with Duffy.
The Guardian
4
All this hit me after our tangle with the Duchy of Gort.
Cities in Flight
5
I would not want to tangle with one of them hand to hand.
The Valley of Horses
6
Give them a week, and I wouldn't want to tangle with them again.
Imperfect Sword
7
Can't think of anyone else nutty enough to tangle with it.
Dreadnought
8
It was no wonder criminals didn't like to tangle with them, I thought.
Girl out back
9
The Afghans wisely decided not to tangle with the two Americans.
The apostle
10
Which is nothing any battlecruiser squadron ever wants to tangle with.
Ashes Of Victory
11
He got into a legal tangle with McCarran because he supported Tom Mechling.
The new yorker
12
But there's no reason why we should tangle with this Xayide.
The Neverending Story
13
Why in heavens would we want to tangle with the LEP?
Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex
14
Also, I would not have got myself into a tangle with that rope.
South Wind
15
Luke, Wedge, and I tangle with a trio of TIE fighters.
From a Certain Point of View
16
Trouble was, I hated to tangle with Betty and Leo again.
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Tangle with through the time
Tangle with across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Rare