verb [VN] [usuallypassive]
1 ~ sb/sth (in / with sth) to make sb/sth become caught or twisted in sth:
The bird had become entangled in the wire netting.
2 ~ sb in sth / with sb to involve sb in a difficult or complicated situation:
He became entangled in a series of conflicts with the management. * She didn't want to get entangled (= emotionally involved) with him.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for entangle is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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