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If a person or thing is tangled up in something such as wire or ropes, they are caught or trapped in it. Sheep kept getting tangled up in it and eventually the wire was removed. [get/be V-ed P + in] The teeth are like razors.
phrase. Add to word list. involved in something bad: I was not about to get tangled up in their argument. Unfortunately, their plans for a new science park got tangled up in controversy. We don't want to get tangled up in a lawsuit. Their efforts to provide aid got tangled up in red tape.
To mix something together or intertwine it in a confused mass; snarl something: I accidentally tangled that rope up with the others. You've tangled up all the paper clips and now I can't separate them. The telephone cord is tangled up in a knot.
phrase. Add to word list. involved in something bad: I was not about to get tangled up in their argument. Unfortunately, their plans for a new science park got tangled up in controversy. We don't want to get tangled up in a lawsuit. Their efforts to provide aid got tangled up in red tape.
confused and complicated: a tangled issue. tangled up in sth. involved in something bad: I was not about to get tangled up in their argument. See more. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Bending, twisting and curving. arch your back.
Oct 1, 2019 · 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.
Involved or embroiled in something awkward, difficult, or troublesome. I don't know why I ever got tangled up in this cockamamie scheme—it's brought me nothing but trouble! His money is all tangled up in some dodgy investment firm. See also: tangled, up. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved. See also:
