tangle with (someone/something)

to disagree or fight with someone or something.

She's not afraid to tangle with her father.

The two computer giants had tangled with each other in court several times.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of tangle (= to get things mixed together so that it is difficult to separate them)

• be just up street
• be just what the doctor ordered
• be knee-deep in
• be knee-deep in something
• be knee-high to a grasshopper
• be larger than life
• be laughing all the way to the bank
• be laughing on the other side of face
• be laughing on the other side of your face
• be laughing up sleeve
• be laughing up your sleeve
• be left hanging
• be left hanging in midair
• be left hanging in the air
• be left holding the baby
• be left on the sidelines
• be level pegging
• believe a word of it
• believe it or not
• believe me
• be light-headed
• be light years away
• be light years away from
• be light years away from something
• be like a bear with a sore head