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Phrase(s): entangle someone or something in something 1. [and] entangle an animal in something
Lit. to catch or tangle up someone, a group, or an animal in something. • Careful! Don’t entangle your foot in the anchor chain. • Somehow I entangled the dog in the fishing net. 2. Fig. to get someone or a group involved in something. • She was trying to entangle us in her latest cause. • They entangled us in their lawsuit.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs