I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
block and tackle
deal with/tackle an issue ( also address an issue formal )
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The government must deal with the issue of gun crime.
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The company said that it will address the issue at the next scheduled board meeting.
face/tackle/meet sth head-on
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The police are trying to tackle car crime head-on.
fight/combat/tackle crime
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There are a number of ways in which the public can help the police to fight crime.
fight/tackle corruption (= try to stop it )
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He criticized the government for failing to fight corruption in high places.
fishing tackle
flying tackle
tackle a blaze British English (= fight it )
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Fire crews were called out to tackle a blaze at a house near York.
tackle a question (= try to deal with a difficult question )
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Who has the ability to tackle the tough questions facing the nation?
tackle poverty (= take action to reduce the amount of poverty )
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Our priority is to tackle poverty and global inequality.
tackle/address a problem (= deal with it )
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There is more than one way to tackle this problem.
tackle/combat pollution (= try to deal with it )
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Governments must tackle pollution now.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
blaze
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Three appliances and a hydraulic platform tackled the blaze .
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About 15 firefighters tackled the blaze in a silo at I'Anson's mill in Masham in the Dales.
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Arson fear: Fire crews tackled the second blaze in three days in an empty house in Trent Street, Middlesbrough yesterday.
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Firefighters spent three hours tackling the blaze , which spread through the roof and into an adjoining property in Pensby Road.
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Later firemen tackling the blaze were in danger from exploding canisters of acetylene and propane.
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House arson: Fire crews spent more than two hours tackling a severe blaze in an empty Middlesbrough house yesterday.
crime
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I place firmly in the Government's lap the responsibility for failing to tackle crime .
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Anyone wishing to tackle crime rates must pay enormous attention to youth crime because of its sheer scale.
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Read in studio Police are claiming success for a new campaign to tackle crime in the countryside.
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Any Government who are seriously concerned about dealing with the escalating crime rate must begin to tackle crime at its roots.
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Painfully little has been done specifically to tackle car crime , which is a major aspect of youth crime.
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The Government have failed to tackle or prevent crime .
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The argument of all crackdown law is that it applies special, draconian measures to tackle some heinous crime .
crisis
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The following day the government introduced emergency measures to tackle the economic crisis .
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On the level of ideology the Conservative Government has attempted to tackle not only a crisis of legitimation but also of motivation.
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The Rao government moved swiftly to try and tackle the economic crisis .
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Police commanders claim the area is too large and their resources too meagre to tackle the crisis effectively.
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She saw it as an opportunity to take control of her life and set about tackling the crisis with positive thinking.
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To tackle the current economic crisis , it envisaged freezing government expenditure and reducing the costs of social security and unemployment benefit.
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Here we shall deal only with growth theory and shall tackle crisis separately, even though they are intimately connected.
issue
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Geriatric day hospitals, despite having a considerable minority of dementia sufferers have not in general tackled the issue of integration.
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Cose also tackles the issue of affirmative action.
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On the surface, the debate is about tackling issues left over from the past.
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Grant Thornton is to run a series of seminars to tackle the issue .
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Wild Bill Clinton shows he's a real front runner when tackling the big issues .
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In truth, there is no political will to tackle the issue .
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I wish to tackle three major issues which have influenced this changing philosophy and relate it directly to disruptive pupils.
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But it said that to get at the root of the problem the Government had to tackle the whole issue of deprivation.
problem
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But modern products go beyond shampoos and conditioners - new hair problems can be tackled like skin care.
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Every year, half a million problems were tackled by Money Advice agreements.
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That problem is being tackled by Newman, Paula and Dillon.
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Which of the patient's problems will be tackled . 2.
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Inflation also brings problems and must be tackled .
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These problems have been tackled in different ways and with different degrees of success, as I shall later try to explain.
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No specific details were given, however, on how problems were to be tackled .
question
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Andersson tackled the question directly by experimentally altering the tail lengths of the males.
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Geophysicists were looking to tackle the question of how the whole earth works.
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The two approaches, he claims, share the same essential insight but use it to tackle different questions .
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A member of the research team interviewed a number of pupils in two classes who had tackled the questions .
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He was there to tackle the questions , not question the tackle.
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Supposedly tackling the question , Are men of genius irritable? it is in fact an onslaught on critics.
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Weale tackles this important question , but his analysis is weak, especially his analogies with today's environmentalist movement.
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Nearly all pupils tackled the question and a variety of answers was given.
subject
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This does not mean that we shall shy away from tackling difficult subjects that may cause offence.
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There is a case, however, for tackling the subject , at least initially, here and now.
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It is not dislike of homosexuals which has prompted me to tackle this subject .
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They may tackle a subject from a fresh angle, bring a new perspective, and help take the debate further.
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The more markers there are to choose from, the greater the possibility of being able to tackle any subject .
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However, the format seems strained in tackling less personal subjects .
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Stylish and fashionably satirical, they seem afraid to tackle big subjects and to take the subjects or themselves seriously.
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Marr was overwhelmed by the bravery of the lyric and the immensely humane way in which Morrissey tackled the subject .
task
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It gives them time to think about this information before they tackle the listening task .
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Grappling with the many varied problems of the nineteenth century, it tackled innumerable tasks and faced innumerable obstacles.
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Role allocations are accepted by role performers, and the group is enables to tackle the task .
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The resulting book provides easy to use, well-illustrated information on tackling all kinds of tasks around the house.
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Inadequate time is given to planning how to tackle the task .
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In tackling this difficult task , some governments have been trapped in their own demagogic schemes.
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Betty demonstrates the way they are to tackle the task and the pupils carry it out in unison, at least initially.
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Ibn al-Haytham tackled the task but failed.
■ VERB
attempt
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On the level of ideology the Conservative Government has attempted to tackle not only a crisis of legitimation but also of motivation.
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These are among the questions that this pamphlet will attempt to tackle .
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You don't attempt to tackle the employee directly and challenge him to explain his actions.
begin
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The first black adoption agency, New Black Families, began to tackle the problem in 1980.
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Patience, he said to himself, and began to tackle the rest of the paper.
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Any Government who are seriously concerned about dealing with the escalating crime rate must begin to tackle crime at its roots.
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It has taken therapy and training as a counsellor for me to begin to tackle them.
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Is not it time that the Government took on board that question and began to tackle the problem of loan sharks positively?
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Such women decided they could only begin to tackle their problems through their own women's networks.
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Only in the mid-1980s did the Commission determinedly begin to tackle the problem of overproduction.
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Under President Ford leading Western states had begun to tackle their economic differences with greater determination.
fail
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I place firmly in the Government's lap the responsibility for failing to tackle crime.
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It blames management for failing to tackle the problem and makes more than 80 recommendations for change.
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The Government have failed to tackle or prevent crime.
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The Government have failed absolutely to tackle unemployment except for some cosmetic surgery.
help
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To help tackle the problem, the park authority is carrying out a research study.
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Realizing this, software makers have created scores of products to help you tackle the job.
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Amongst other projects, this will help to tackle equipment shortages and the backlog of school repairs.
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The amalgamation has also helped Marsden tackle head-on the problem of cutting internal overheads.
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We think that such programmes will help to tackle the skill problems of this country.
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What better way to help you tackle whatever lies in store in 1998?
try
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You will otherwise feel frustrated if you try to tackle different things at the same time.
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The housing defects legislation was introduced to try to tackle those problems.
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The Rao government moved swiftly to try and tackle the economic crisis.
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Some idiot member of the public might even try to tackle him.
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Although technology can not realistically take a back seat, we will try to tackle concepts at a simple level.
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Some councils have tried to tackle this difficulty through a policy of permitting only those new developments that will serve local needs.
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Noise from vehicles is something the Government has been trying to tackle for more than 20 years.
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Countries in the region are trying to tackle the problem.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A task force was formed to tackle Charlestown's rising crime rate.
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I didn't know if he had the ball or not, so I just tackled him.
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Many schools are now trying to tackle the problem of drug abuse.
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Police forces in the area are trying to tackle car crime head on.
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The new laws are aimed at tackling unemployment.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Above all, they did nothing whatsoever to tackle the primary source of peasant rebelliousness: their semi-feudal exploitation.
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Andersson tackled the question directly by experimentally altering the tail lengths of the males.
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Geriatric day hospitals, despite having a considerable minority of dementia sufferers have not in general tackled the issue of integration.
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How can I best tackle this?
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New designs with foot pivots allow snow hikers to tackle almost any hill or valley.
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Weber does indeed tackle some old art ideas.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
defensive
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Washington has seen playing time as a reserve at both defensive end and tackle .
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The Raiders reportedly offered defensive tackle Chester McGlockton and a first and second-round pick for Swann, but were rejected.
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Dallas has lost two good players from their defense, cornerback Larry Brown and defensive tackle Russell Maryland.
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Donovan is 71, a former defensive tackle with the memorable Baltimore Colts teams of the 1950s and early 1960s.
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Defensive lineman Karl Dunbar, who spent the past two seasons as a backup defensive tackle , re-signed for one year.
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Gannon hurt his shoulder when Ravens defensive tackle Tony Siragusa drove him into the ground.
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The most bothersome injury may be the stress fracture suffered by defensive tackle Brandon Whiting before camp began.
fishing
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As I untangled the fishing tackle , I found over three feet of wire line, two hooks and five weights.
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If there isn't a kite shop nearby, try a fishing tackle shop for suitable snaps and swivels.
high
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Whilst I agree with many of Mr. Shelford's comments I find it hard to believe his comment on high tackles .
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Both Quinnells stuck out their forearms and felled opponents with high tackles .
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Then Mr. Shelford makes his pathetic statement on referees clamping down on the high tackle .
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So, the high tackle is the action of real men?
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Ex-Wigan star Smith was shown the red card for a high tackle on Keighleywinger Craig Horne.
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Since then the League have been punishing heavily anyone guilty of illegal high tackles , with eight-match suspensions being the normal currency.
late
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Soon after half-time touch-judge Nutt flagged for a late tackle on Nutt junior.
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Then, Nutt the player appeared to make a retaliatory late tackle , and after being penalised was sent off for dissent.
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Newton said he was the victim of a late sliding tackle by Mr Hallam.
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The Rangers ace suffered a stress fracture of the right knee after a late tackle in the recent 1-1 draw at Broomfield.
offensive
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In overtime, Dallas offensive tackle Larry Allen changed his mind at the last moment and called heads instead of tails.
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The fifth, reserve offensive tackle Charles McRae, has decided to retire from football following a disappointing six-year career.
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A possible comparison: Davis came here rated as the second offensive tackle , behind Florida's Kenyatta Walker.
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Harris Barton, the 49ers' offensive right tackle , missed his second straight game because of a groin injury.
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Most significantly in the short range, it could leave 49ers' offensive tackle Steve Wallace twisting in the wind.
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Massive offensive tackle Erik Williams must be paid a $ 5 million bonus this week or he becomes a free agent.
■ NOUN
box
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A good tackle box is essential.
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Quickly, before she could undo the decision, Kathy stowed her tackle box and oilcloth.
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A new tackle box , with its tier of hinged compartments, stood open like a three-dimensional greeting card.
■ VERB
make
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Middle linebacker Greg Biekert made 18 tackles .
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Then, Nutt the player appeared to make a retaliatory late tackle , and after being penalised was sent off for dissent.
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Tuggle annually makes a ton of tackles .
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They spent most of a record stuffing making big-hearted tackles and chasing shadows.
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Lesson 1: Learn to make a tackle in the mud.
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Shilton could not be blamed for the 2-0 defeat and made one superb tackle , denying Angell 15 yards outside his box.
miss
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The early signs were not encouraging, especially when he missed a tackle on De Wet Barry.
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Some one needs to play the gaps and we were missing tackles .
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He missed tackles and fell on one play that went for a 38-yard completion.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At least three critical tackles were missed last week.
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He wasn't injured by the tackle , just ruined by running in unremitting heat.
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Testaverde later scrambled for 12 yards, breaking tackles with Steve Young-like dexterity.
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The change also means McGlockton can play as a tackle again instead of moving outside, a spot where he felt uncomfortable.
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Tuggle annually makes a ton of tackles.