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• 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 — 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

• 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 — 1 verb 1 (T) to make a determined effort to deal with a difficult problem: It took twelve fire engines to tackle the blaze. 2 (T) to talk to someone in order to deal with a difficult problem: tackle sb about sth: When I tackled Didi about it, she …   Longman dictionary of contemporary 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 (Transformers) — Tackle is the name of a fictional character in the various Transformers universes.Transformers: Generation 1Transformers character name =Tackle caption = affiliation =Autobot subgroup =Multiforce function =Multiforce Situation Analyst partner… …   Wikipedia

• tackle — [n] equipment for activity accouterment, apparatus, appliance, gear, goods, habiliments, hook, impedimenta, implements, line, machinery, materiel, outfit, paraphernalia, rig, rigging, tools, trappings; concept 496 tackle [v1] make an effort… …   New thesaurus

• tackle — ► NOUN 1) the equipment required for a task or sport. 2) a mechanism consisting of ropes, pulley blocks, and hooks for lifting heavy objects. 3) the running rigging and pulleys used to work a boat s sails. 4) (in sport) an act of tackling an… …   English terms dictionary

• tackle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pulley; gear, equipment, apparatus, instruments; luggage. v. t. grasp, grapple with; seize; address, attach; attempt, try, undertake. See undertaking, provision. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Equipment] Syn …   English dictionary for students

• Tackle (football move) — Most forms of football have a move known as a tackle. In most cases this move is one that prevents an opposing player from carrying out what they intend.The word is used in some contact sports to describe the act of physically holding or… …   Wikipedia