tackle noun
ADJ. bad, crunching, ferocious, high, hard, late, scything, strong Their captain was sent off for a high tackle on Cooper. | brave, skilful | cover, last-ditch Only a last-ditch tackle by Song prevented Raul from scoring. | sliding | flying A security guard brought him down with a flying tackle. | rugby
VERB + TACKLE execute, get in, go in for, make I managed to get in a sliding tackle, but he scored anyway.
PREP. ~ from a crunching tackle from her opponent | ~ on He was booked for a tackle from behind on Morris. | in a/the ~ She lost the ball in a tackle.
tackle verb
1 deal with sth difficult
ADV. properly, seriously | directly, head-on The drugs problem has to be tackled head-on. | effectively, successfully
VERB + TACKLE attempt to, try to | help (to) | fail to failing to tackle the key issues
PREP. with The problem is being tackled with a range of measures.
PHRASES a way of tackling sth
2 in sport
ADV. hard He can run fast and tackle hard.
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