to wrangle with sb

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• wrangle — wran|gle1 [ˈræŋgəl] n a long and complicated argument wrangle over ▪ a bitter wrangle over copyright wrangle with ▪ He was involved in a long legal wrangle with his employers. wrangle 2 wrangle2 v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from Low German …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• wrangle — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bitter ▪ lengthy, long running ▪ legal, planning (BrE) ▪ a lengthy planning wrangle over the height of the building …   Collocations dictionary

• wrangle — [[t]ræ̱ŋg(ə)l[/t]] wrangles, wrangling, wrangled V RECIP If you say that someone is wrangling with someone over a question or issue, you mean that they have been arguing angrily for quite a long time about it. [pl n V over n] The two sides have… …   English dictionary

• Wrangle, Lincolnshire — Wrangle is a village in Lincolnshire, England, around 9 miles north east of Boston.Wrangle village lies on western side of The Wash, on the broad bank of marine silt left by the great tidal creeks which formed, predominantly during the Bronze Age …   Wikipedia

• wrangle — v. 1) to wrangle constantly, incessantly 2) (D; intr.) to wrangle about, over; with * * * [ ræŋg(ə)l] constant incessant wrangle incessantly over with wrangling n (D; intr.) to wrangle about to wrangle constantly …   Combinatory dictionary

• wrangle — I UK [ˈræŋɡ(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms wrangle : present tense I/you/we/they wrangle he/she/it wrangles present participle wrangling past tense wrangled past participle wrangled to argue about something for a long time, especially… …   English dictionary

• wrangle — 1 noun (C) a long and complicated argument: a damaging legal wrangle | a bitter wrangle over imports 2 verb 1 (I) to argue with someone angrily for a long time 2 (T) AmE informal to gather together cows or horses from a large area …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• wrangle — [c]/ˈræŋgəl / (say rangguhl) verb (wrangled, wrangling) –verb (i) 1. to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner. 2. to engage in argument, debate, or disputation. –verb (t) 3. to influence, persuade, or otherwise affect by arguing …  

• wrangle — Synonyms and related words: altercate, altercation, argue, argufy, argument, bandy words, bicker, bicker over, bickering, blood feud, brawl, broil, cage, caterwaul, cavil, choplogic, contend, contend about, contention, contest, controversy,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• wrangle — wran|gle1 [ ræŋgl ] verb intransitive to argue about something for a long time, especially in an angry and unpleasant way: The government is wrangling with various groups demanding compensation. ╾ wran|gling noun uncount wrangle wran|gle 2 [… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Still Life with Woodpecker — infobox Book | name = Still Life with Woodpecker title orig = translator = image caption = author = Tom Robbins illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Bantam Books release date …   Wikipedia