TACKLE


Meaning of TACKLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tæk(ə)l ]

( tackles, tackling, tackled)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you tackle a difficult problem or task, you deal with it in a very determined or efficient way.

The first reason to tackle these problems is to save children’s lives...

VERB : V n

2.

If you tackle someone in a game such as hockey or football, you try to take the ball away from them. If you tackle someone in rugby or American football, you knock them to the ground.

Foley tackled the quarterback.

VERB : V n

Tackle is also a noun.

...a tackle by full-back Brian Burrows.

N-COUNT

3.

If you tackle someone about a particular matter, you speak to them honestly about it, usually in order to get it changed or done.

I tackled him about how anyone could live amidst so much poverty.

= confront

VERB : V n about wh / n

4.

If you tackle someone, you attack them and fight them.

He claims Pasolini overtook and tackled him, pushing him into the dirt.

VERB : V n

5.

Tackle is the equipment that you need for a sport or activity, especially fishing.

...fishing tackle.

N-UNCOUNT

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