get entangled
Frequency: 7.813.5 per million words
Similar to 'become entangled', often used in more informal contexts.
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- A dolphin can easily get entangled in fishing nets.
- He warned his younger brother not to get entangled with that gang.
- The company is trying to avoid getting entangled in a lengthy lawsuit.
- My long hair always seems to get entangled in the wind.
- Be careful with those loans; you don't want to get entangled in debt.
- She got entangled in a complicated love triangle and didn't know how to get out.
- The journalist got entangled in a political scandal while investigating the story.
- The kite string got hopelessly entangled in the branches of the tree.
- It's easy to get entangled in minor details and lose sight of the main goal.
- How did you get so entangled in their family drama?