(tackle+-+problem)

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• Tackle — Tac kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tackled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tackling}.] [Cf. LG. takeln to equip. See {Tackle}, n.] 1. To supply with tackle. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 2. To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• tackle — UK US /ˈtækl/ verb [T] ► to try to deal with something: »The first thing the new government must do is to tackle inflation. »tackle a crisis/question/problem »I felt that the whole subject was too sensitive to tackle. ► to talk to someone about a …   Financial and business terms

• tackle an issue — If you tackle an issue or problem, you resolve or deal with it …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• tackle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 movement in sports ADJECTIVE ▪ hard, strong ▪ high ▪ Their captain was sent off for a high tackle on Cooper. ▪ bad, crunching …   Collocations dictionary

• tackle — I UK [ˈtæk(ə)l] / US verb Word forms tackle : present tense I/you/we/they tackle he/she/it tackles present participle tackling past tense tackled past participle tackled ** 1) a) [transitive] to make an organized and determined attempt to deal… …   English dictionary

• tackle — tack|le1 W3S3 [ˈtækəl] v 1.) [T] to try to deal with a difficult problem ▪ There is more than one way to tackle the problem. ▪ It took twelve fire engines to tackle the blaze . 2.) [I and T] a) to try to take the ball away from an opponent in a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• problem — n. unsettled question source of difficulty 1) to cause, create, pose, present a problem 2) to address, tackle; bring up, raise; resolve, settle, solve a problem 3) an acute, difficult, major, pressing, serious; insoluble, insurmountable problem… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Tackle (American football) — Not to be confused with Tackle (football move). The positioning of the offensive tackles in a formation …   Wikipedia

• tackle — tack|le1 [ tækl ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to make an organized and determined attempt to deal with a problem, often a social problem such as crime or unemployment: Successive governments have failed to tackle the question of homelessness. a new… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• tackle — [[t]tæ̱k(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦♦ tackles, tackling, tackled 1) VERB If you tackle a difficult problem or task, you deal with it in a very determined or efficient way. [V n] The first reason to tackle these problems is to save children s lives... [V n]… …   English dictionary

• tackle — tackler, n. /tak euhl/ or, for 2 4, /tay keuhl/, n., v., tackled, tackling. n. 1. equipment, apparatus, or gear, esp. for fishing: fishing tackle. 2. a mechanism or apparatus, as a rope and block or a combination of ropes and blocks, for hoisting …   Universalium