Translations

w>tangle up

vt sep (lit, fig) → verwirren, durcheinanderbringen; wool, string also → verheddern; to get tangled up → durcheinandergeraten; (wool etc also) → sich verheddern; (ropes) → sich verknoten; (person, in talking, explaining etc) → sich verstricken or verheddern; (= become involved) → verwickelt or verstrickt werden; the string got all tangled up in the machine → die Schnur hat sich in der Maschine verheddert; she got tangled up with a married man → sie hat sich mit einem verheirateten Mann eingelassen

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