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tackleverb

uk ​ /ˈtæk.əl/ us ​ /ˈtæk.əl/

tackle verb (SPORT)

B2 [ I or T ] (especially in football or hockey) to try to take the ball from a player in the other team, or (in rugby or American football) to do this by taking hold of the player and making them fall

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tacklenoun

uk ​ /ˈtæk.əl/ us ​ /ˈtæk.əl/

tackle noun (SEXUAL ORGANS)

› [ U ] UK slang humorous also wedding tackle the male sexual organs

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“tackle” in American English

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tackleverb [ T ]

us ​ /ˈtæk·əl/

tackle verb [ T ] (KNOCK DOWN)

› to catch and knock down someone who is running, esp. in the game of football:

All four players were unable to tackle the quarterback before he scored a touchdown.

tackle verb [ T ] (ATTACK)

› to attack or to deal with something:

There are many ways of tackling this problem.

tacklenoun

us ​ /ˈtæk·əl/

tackle noun (EQUIPMENT)

› [ U ] the equipment used in fishing or to lift or raise things on a ship

tackle noun (KNOCKING DOWN)

› [ C ] an act of knocking someone down, or a football player who is supposed to do this:

A flying tackle brought him down.
He’s an offensive/defensive tackle.

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“tackle” in Business English

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tackleverb [ T ]

uk ​ /ˈtækl/ us ​

› to try to deal with something:

The first thing the new government must do is to tackle inflation.
tackle a crisis/question/problem
I felt that the whole subject was too sensitive to tackle.

› to talk to someone about a difficult situation, usually because you disagree with them:

tackle sb on/about sth I was determined to tackle my boss on the way I had been treated.

(Definition of “tackle” from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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I think that everything points to the urgent need to tackle reforms in a decisive manner and to ensure that freedom of expression is properly protected.
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We must tackle that particular problem.
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We must tackle this.
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If the budgetary authority agrees, a number of these posts could be allocated to tackle the kind of problems which we are discussing today.
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We are not only talking about obsolete stocks of pesticides here, however, although it is important to tackle that problem very meticulously.
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Also at what point are we going to really tackle some of the unforgivable aspects of certain sector-specific regimes still in place, notably in sugar?
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Therefore we have to tackle the present gap between the discussion on institutional arrangements and the discussion both on political will and on resources.
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The meeting will consider how a comprehensive approach at national and international level might tackle these three diseases and how we can make a difference.
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Indeed, as regards agriculture, we believe that it is vital to set up a fund to tackle the enormous problems in the primary sector.
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I welcome the report’s emphasis on setting defined targets to tackle trafficking in the coming years with a view to its total eradication.
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