tangle with sb
— phrasal verb with tangle /ˈtæŋ.ɡl̩/ verb [I or T] informalDefinition
› to become involved with someone, usually by arguing or fighting with them: He was a self-opinionated, overbearing tyrant, and he was the last man she should want to tangle with.FightingArguing and disagreeing
(Definition of tangle with sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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