Tangle up In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "tangle up", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2021-08-18 11:08

Meaning of Tangle up

Synonyms:

snarl up

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.

Other phrases about:

a put up job

Something that is prepared and planned to deceive, cheat, trick or fool someone

cage (someone or something) up (in something)

To keep a person or an animal in a particular space

dry gulch one

If you say you dry gulch one, you mean that you hide and wait for him and then make a sudden attack.

Grammar and Usage of Tangle up

Verb Forms

  • Tangled Up
  • tangling up

The verb "tangle" must be conjugated according to its tense.
 

Origin of Tangle up

This phrase was formed based on the meaning of the verb "tangle", which dates back to the 14th century.
 

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