tackle
♦ tack|le /t'ækəl/ (tackles tackling tackled)
1 [VERB] V n
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...
2 [VERB] V n
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.
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Tackle is also a noun.
...a tackle by full-back Brian Burrows.
3 [VERB] V n about wh/n
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
4 [VERB] V n
If you tackle someone, you attack them and fight them.
He claims Pasolini overtook and tackled him, pushing him into the dirt.
5 [N-UNCOUNT]
Tackle is the equipment that you need for a sport or activity, especially fishing.
...fishing tackle.fish|ing tack|le
also fishing-tackle
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Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.rug|by tack|le (rugby tackles rugby tackling rugby tackled)
1 [N-COUNT]
A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
2 [VERB] V n, be V-ed
To rugby tackle someone means to make them fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
He rugby tackled her and stole her bag...
He was rugby tackled by a policeman after breaking through police lines.
1 [VERB] V n
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...
2 [VERB] V n
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.
[N-COUNT]
Tackle is also a noun.
...a tackle by full-back Brian Burrows.
3 [VERB] V n about wh/n
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
4 [VERB] V n
If you tackle someone, you attack them and fight them.
He claims Pasolini overtook and tackled him, pushing him into the dirt.
5 [N-UNCOUNT]
Tackle is the equipment that you need for a sport or activity, especially fishing.
...fishing tackle.fish|ing tack|le
also fishing-tackle
[N-UNCOUNT]
Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.rug|by tack|le (rugby tackles rugby tackling rugby tackled)
1 [N-COUNT]
A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
2 [VERB] V n, be V-ed
To rugby tackle someone means to make them fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
He rugby tackled her and stole her bag...
He was rugby tackled by a policeman after breaking through police lines.