to tangle
37
6.0
- verb
- /ˈtæŋɡəl/
:
involucrar en
- I don't recommend that you tangle with me on this one.
Is this something I want to get tangled up with for eight weeks?
- Is this something I want to get tangled up with for eight weeks?
- Your identity is tangled with those shoes and you're afraid that by letting go of the shoes, what happens?
- I mean, but he tangled with the wrong people.
- And frankly, biologists, most biologists are still very reluctant to even get themselves tangled up in questions like electrical fields influencing development.
Examples
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Please don't let Mum and Dad be tangled up with terrorists, he thought suddenly.
Fiction book (2000) -
Best not to tangle with the police in China and Russia.
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So I suggest you do not tangle with me anymore.
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You must continue to study very hard, and don't let them tangle you in politics.
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I don't want to tangle with General Peterson.
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Who the hell do they think they're tangling with?
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Valerie banishes the question; she'll get all tangled up if she lets her mind wander.
Fiction book (1996) -
I shouldn't have encouraged you to run for homecoming queen knowing that you'd get tangled up with the Mannings.
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He accidentally got tangled in a complicated web of lies that made everything worse.
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I found myself tangled up in their argument when I tried to intervene.
Synonyms
704
2.0
To pull something along the ground with effort or force someone into a place unwillingly
114
4.6
To cause people to become involved suddenly by strong feeling or events
24
6.3
Involve someone in a difficult situation they cannot easily get out of
22
7.7
To bring someone deeply into an argument or serious problem
8
6.0
To involve someone in a situation they do not want to be part of
7
5.8
To get carried into a situation and take part without meaning to
6
7.1
To make something more confused or tangled
1
7.8
Make things tangled or blocked so progress slows
To make a situation or story more confusing
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Australian
An orchid with tangled roots, thin wiry stems, and small fragrant green flowers
How Involved
13
7.7
22
7.7
37
6.0
82
7.2
1
4.3
∞
1.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tangle likely comes from an old word meaning 'to catch' or 'hook', so imagine someone caught in a net or web. That's why to tangle someone in a problem is to involve them in something difficult, often by accident.