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What (who) is tangle with - definition
FAMILY OF FLIES
Tangle-veined fly
tangle with
informal become involved in a conflict with.
Tangle
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Tangles; Tangle (disambiguation)
·vi To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.
II. Tangle ·noun Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. ·see Kelp.
IV. Tangle ·noun To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to Entangle; to Ravel.
V. Tangle ·v A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively.
VI. Tangle ·v An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, - used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
tangle
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Tangles; Tangle (disambiguation)
tangle1
¦ verb
1. twist together into a confused mass.
2. (tangle with) informal become involved in a conflict with.
¦ noun
1. a confused mass of something twisted together.
a confused or complicated state.
2. informal a fight or argument.
Derivatives
tangly adjective
Origin
ME: prob. of Scand. origin and related to Swed. dialect taggla 'disarrange'.
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tangle2
¦ noun any of a number of brown seaweeds, especially oarweed.
Origin
C16: prob. from Norw. tongul.
Wikipedia
Nemestrinidae
Nemestrinidae, or tangle-veined flies is a family of flies in the superfamily Nemestrinoidea, closely related to Acroceridae. The family is small but distributed worldwide, with about 300 species in 34 genera. Larvae are endoparasitoids of either grasshoppers (Trichopsideinae) or scarab beetles (Hirmoneurinae). Some are considered important in the control of grasshopper populations. Adults are often observed on flowers.
Examples of use of tangle with
1. Their roots are murder on sidewalks; their limbs tangle with power lines.
2. He was asked about Bernard Kerik, and his tangle with the law.
3. As her rival was soon to learn, you don’t tangle with the formidable Mrs Laurie.
4. Only three days earlier Tony had been reading about Kilroe‘s latest tangle with the law in his local paper.
5. Organizers will monitor the air quality at 24 stations around Beijing, then tangle with how to respond to atmospheric extremes.