I.
noun
1 movement in sports
ADJECTIVE
▪ hard , strong
▪ high
▪
Their captain was sent off for a high ~ on Cooper.
▪ bad , crunching , late (all BrE )
▪ cover , scything , sliding (all BrE )
▪ brave , skilful (both BrE )
▪ flying
▪
A security guard brought him down with a flying ~.
▪ football ( AmE ), rugby
VERB + TACKLE
▪ execute ( BrE ), make
▪ break ( AmE )
▪ miss
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ from
▪
a crunching ~ from her opponent
▪ ~ against , ~ on ( BrE )
▪
He bruised his arm making a ~ against the Browns.
▪
He was booked for a ~ from behind on Morris.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
She lost the ball in a ~.
2 position in American football
ADJECTIVE
▪ defensive , offensive
▪ left , right
▪ nose
VERB + TACKLE
▪ play
▪ draft
II.
verb
1 deal with sth difficult
ADVERB
▪ properly ( BrE ), seriously
▪ directly ( esp. BrE ), head-on
▪
The drugs problem has to be ~d head-on.
▪ effectively , successfully
VERB + TACKLE
▪ attempt to , try to
▪ help (to)
▪ fail to
▪
We are failing to ~ the key issues.
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
The problem is being ~d with a range of measures.
PHRASES
▪ ~ sb to the floor , ~ sb to the ground (both AmE )
2 in sports
ADVERB
▪ hard
▪
He can run fast and ~ hard.
Tackle is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ firefighter
Tackle is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ blaze , ↑ challenge , ↑ corruption , ↑ crime , ↑ crisis , ↑ debt , ↑ deficit , ↑ disorder , ↑ intruder , ↑ issue , ↑ matter , ↑ opponent , ↑ pollution , ↑ problem , ↑ question , ↑ racism , ↑ shortage , ↑ spread , ↑ subject , ↑ task , ↑ topic , ↑ truancy , ↑ unemployment , ↑ vandalism