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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Taking his captain’s role to heart, Mbappe seemed particularly fired up, making multiple exhortations to the crowd to raise the noise levels during the game and receiving a booking late in the first half for a tangle with Livakovic.
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Tom Williams, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Pierce Brosnan's first tangle with a villainous Bond girl came in 1995's GoldenEye, in the form of Famke Janssen's Xenia Onatopp — yes, that is her name!
—EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025
Providence, Rhode Island The Kansas Jayhawks will tangle with the Arkansas Razorbacks in a first-round NCAA Tournament West Regional game on Thursday night in Providence, Rhode Island.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Bundy Battle: The hospital system has also tangled with Ammon Bundy, the right-wing figure known for his part in a 2016 federal wildlife refuge takeover.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2025
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Tom Williams, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Pierce Brosnan's first tangle with a villainous Bond girl came in 1995's GoldenEye, in the form of Famke Janssen's Xenia Onatopp — yes, that is her name!
—EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025
Providence, Rhode Island The Kansas Jayhawks will tangle with the Arkansas Razorbacks in a first-round NCAA Tournament West Regional game on Thursday night in Providence, Rhode Island.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Bundy Battle: The hospital system has also tangled with Ammon Bundy, the right-wing figure known for his part in a 2016 federal wildlife refuge takeover.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Tangle with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tangle%20with. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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