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snarl up

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snarl someone or something up

to tangle someone or something; to mess something up. The wind snarled my hair up terribly. The wind snarled up my hair.

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snarl up

v.

1. To become tangled in or as if in a knot: This new fishing line keeps snarling up.

2. To tangle or knot something: The wind snarled up my hair. I snarled the kite up in a tree.

3. To involve someone or something in or as if in a tangle: Their lawyers snarled us up in litigation for years. Don't get me snarled up in your affairs. An accident snarled up traffic for hours.

See also: snarl, up