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2021-08-18 11:08
Tangle up phrase
In meaning 2,3, a noun or pronoun can be put between "tangle" and "up," and the phrase is often followed by "in (something)."
Become twisted into an untidy mass that cannot be easily separated or mixed together.
Because John put all these wires into one bag, they tangled up.
My earphone's wire is always tangling up, so I think I will buy a wireless earphone.
To cause someone/something to become caught or twisted in something.
This killer is so cruel. He tangled the victims up in a hot room until they died.
The locked car door tangled the sleeping child up in the car and resulted in his death due to lack of oxygen.
To involve someone in an unpleasant situation from which it is hard to escape. (usually passive)
Her husband is a drunkard, but Mary has got 2 sons with him, so she felt tangled up in such an unhappy marriage.
She got tangled up in a scandal and that ruined her career.
Something that is prepared and planned to deceive, cheat, trick or fool someone
To keep a person or an animal in a particular space
If you say you dry gulch one, you mean that you hide and wait for him and then make a sudden attack.
The verb "tangle" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase was formed based on the meaning of the verb "tangle", which dates back to the 14th century.
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