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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The fights have been the same for years: Pepsi wrestles with Coke; Verizon tangles with T-Mobile; and Fox News jousts with CNN and MSNBC.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
Tech billionaire and close Trump ally Elon Musk tangled with the president’s trade adviser Peter Navarro on tariffs over the weekend, as the administration’s new import taxes have roiled the stock market.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 7 Apr. 2025
Although Bundy did not appeal, his tangle with St. Luke’s wasn’t over.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2025
Ivan Provorov, though, got tangled with Zibanejad and fell, leading to a two-on-zero rush.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
Tech billionaire and close Trump ally Elon Musk tangled with the president’s trade adviser Peter Navarro on tariffs over the weekend, as the administration’s new import taxes have roiled the stock market.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 7 Apr. 2025
Although Bundy did not appeal, his tangle with St. Luke’s wasn’t over.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2025
Ivan Provorov, though, got tangled with Zibanejad and fell, leading to a two-on-zero rush.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Tangle with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tangle%20with. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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