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Definition of snarl up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

snarl up

phrasal verb
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snarl up | snarl something up
  1. to involve somebody/something in a situation that stops their movement or progress; to become involved in a situation like this
    • The accident snarled up the traffic all day.
  2. to become caught or twisted; to make something do this
    • The sheets kept getting snarled up.
    3. related noun snarl-up
See snarl up in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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