tackle
/ˈtækəl/ verb B2- To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
- To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down. · The government's measures to tackle crime were insufficient.· Have you tackled them about paying for it?
- To attempt to take away a ball.
- To bring a ball carrier to the ground.
- To "hit on" or pursue a person that one is interested in.
He/she/it tackles · Past tackled · Past participle tackled · -ing form tackling
Verb forms
- Base form
- tackle
- He/she/it
- tackles
- Past
- tackled
- Past participle
- tackled
- -ing form
- tackling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“But as to your ideas that the man had robbed the house before William tackled him, I think it a most absurd notion.
Whether it’s passing, or tackling, or dribbling, there’s no one to touch him, and then, he’s got the head, and can hold us all together.
Darcy invite him, with the greatest civility, to fish there as often as he chose, while he continued in the neighbourhood, offering at the same time to supply him with fishing tackle, and pointing out those parts of the stream where there was usually most sport.
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