tangled up with (someone)

involved with someone.

The boy had gotten tangled up with a bad bunch of kids and was in serious trouble.

Usage notes: usually said about someone who causes you trouble

• a shaggy dog story
• as happy as a clam
• a shelf life
• as hell
• a shell game
• a shirt-lifter
• a shit-eating grin
• a shit-stirrer
• a shoo-in
• a short-arse
• a short fuse
• a short sharp shock
• a shot across the bow
• a shotgun wedding
• a shot in the arm
• a shot in the dark
• a shoulder to cry on
• a shouting match
• a show-stopper
• a shrinking violet
• aside from
• aside from something
• a siege mentality
• as if own the place
• as if you own the place