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)

• I'll be a monkey's uncle!
• I'll be damned
• I'll be damned if I
• I'll be damned if I do something
• I'll believe it when I see it.
• I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
• I'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
• I'll eat my hat
• I'll give what for!
• I'll give you what for!
• I'll love you and leave you.
• I'll say
• I'll take a rain check
• I'll wring neck!
• I'll wring your neck!
• imbue someone with
• imbue someone with something
• imbue something with
• imbue something with something
• imbue with
• imbue with something
• I might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
• I might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.
• be caught napping
• be caught short