tackle
[verb]
Synonyms:
- deal with, attempt, come or get to grips with, embark upon, get stuck into (informal), have a go at (informal), set about, undertake
- confront, challenge, grab, grasp, halt, intercept, seize, stop
[noun]
Synonyms:
- challenge, block
- equipment, accoutrements, apparatus, gear, paraphernalia, tools, trappings

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Contrasted words: avoid, delay, hesitate, put off
Related Idioms: get on the job, put one's shoulder to the wheel, start the ball rolling
Related Words: take on, undertake, plunge into, set about

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English Thesaurus: deal with something, handle, tackle, see to/attend to somebody/something, take care of something, ...

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I. tack‧le¹ S3 W3 /ˈtækəl/ verb

1. [transitive] to try to deal with a difficult problem:
There is more than one way to tackle the problem.
It took twelve fire engines to tackle the blaze.

2. [intransitive and transitive]
a) to try to take the ball away from an opponent in a game such as football or hockey
b) to force someone to the ground so that they stop running, in a game such as American football or rugby

3. [transitive] British English to talk to someone in order to deal with a difficult problem
tackle somebody about something
When I tackled Susan about it, she admitted she’d made a mistake.

4. [transitive] to start fighting someone, especially a criminal:
I certainly couldn’t tackle both of them on my own.
—tackler noun [countable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. tackle² noun
[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: Probably from Middle Low German takel 'ship's equipment', from taken 'to seize']

1. [countable]
a) an attempt to take the ball from an opponent in a game such as football
b) an attempt to stop an opponent by forcing them to the ground, especially in American football or rugby

2. [countable] a player in American football who stops other players by tackling them or preventing them from moving forward

3. [uncountable] the equipment used in some sports and activities, especially fishing

4. [uncountable and countable] ropes and pulleys (=wheels) used for lifting heavy things

5. [uncountable] British English informal a man’s sexual organs

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

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.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

tackle
verb
I. 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

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tackle
II. in sport
ADV. hard He can run fast and tackle hard.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

tackle

tackle a problem/issue/question
The government has failed to tackle the problem of youth crime.
tackle a job/challenge
She said she couldn’t face tackling the job on her own.
tackle a blaze/fire (=try to stop it)
Fire crews tackling the blaze were hampered by exploding gas canisters.
tackle crime
The police set up a special task force to tackle street crime in the capital.
tackle poverty
He believes education is the long-term key to tackling poverty.
tackle unemployment
The government announced a new initiative to tackle unemployment.
tackle something head-on (=in a direct and determined way)
The issue of cost must be tackled head-on.

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deal with something to take the necessary action, especially in order to solve a problem:
We need to deal with problems like pollution and climate change.
I spend most of my day dealing with customer enquiries.
handle to deal with a problem or difficult situation by making particular decisions. Used especially when talking about how well or badly someone does this:
He handled the situation very well.
Most customers were happy with the way their complaints had been handled.
tackle to start to deal with a problem, especially one that is complicated:
We need to tackle the issue of drugs in schools.
The government is introducing new measures to tackle online crime.
see to/attend to somebody/something to deal with all the practical details of something that needs to be done or organized. Attend to is more formal than see to:
My son saw to all the funeral arrangements.
I have some business to attend to.
take care of something to do the work or make the arrangements that are necessary for something to happen. Used especially when you do this for someone else so that they do not have to worry about it:
My secretary takes care of all the paperwork.
process if a company or organization processes a letter, form etc, they do the things that are usually done as part of their official system, in order to deal with it:
It will take a minimum of 14 days to process your passport application.
I called their office, and they said that my request was still being processed.

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system an organized set of ideas, methods, actions etc that you use to do something:
the airport security system
the system for dealing with refugees
process a series of actions that are done in order to achieve a particular result:
the process of teaching children to read
Repeat the same process, until all the sugar has dissolved.
procedure the official or usually agreed way of doing something:
You must follow the normal complaints procedure.
Large companies have a standard procedure for informing new employees about conditions of work.
formula a method or set of principles that you use to solve a problem or make sure that something is successful:
The team are hoping to use the same winning formula that they used last season.
There is no magic formula for success (=a method that is certain to succeed).
deal with something to take the necessary action, especially in order to solve a problem:
We need to deal with problems like pollution and climate change.
I spend most of my day dealing with customer enquiries.
handle to deal with a problem or difficult situation by making particular decisions. Used especially when talking about how well or badly someone does this:
He handled the situation very well.
Most customers were happy with the way their complaints had been handled.
tackle to start to deal with a problem, especially one that is complicated:
We need to tackle the issue of drugs in schools.
The government is introducing new measures to tackle online crime.
see to/attend to somebody/something to deal with all the practical details of something that needs to be done or organized. Attend to is more formal than see to:
My son saw to all the funeral arrangements.
I have some business to attend to.
take care of something to do the work or make the arrangements that are necessary for something to happen. Used especially when you do this for someone else so that they do not have to worry about it:
My secretary takes care of all the paperwork.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

tackle
ˈtækl
See: flying tackle

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