ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb

snarl up - make more complicated or confused through entanglements

complicate, perplex - make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"

snafu - cause to be in a state of complete confusion

Translations

w>snarl up

(inf)

vt sep traffic, system → durcheinanderbringen; plan also → vermasseln (inf); traffic always gets snarled up at the bridge → an der Brücke ist der Verkehr immer chaotisch; I got snarled up in a traffic jam → ich bin im Verkehr stecken geblieben

vi (traffic) → chaotische Formen annehmen

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