(~s, tackling, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ a difficult problem or task, you deal with it in a very determined or efficient way.
The first reason to ~ these problems is to save children’s lives...
VERB: V n
2.
If you ~ someone in a game such as hockey or football, you try to take the ball away from them. If you ~ someone in rugby or American football, you knock them to the ground.
Foley ~d the quarterback.
VERB: V n
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Tackle is also a noun.
...a ~ by full-back Brian Burrows.
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3.
If you ~ someone about a particular matter, you speak to them honestly about it, usually in order to get it changed or done.
I ~d him about how anyone could live amidst so much poverty.
= confront
VERB: V n about wh/n
4.
If you ~ someone, you attack them and fight them.
He claims Pasolini overtook and ~d 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 ~.
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