enmesh
verb/ɪnˈmeʃ/
/ɪnˈmeʃ/
[usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they enmesh | /ɪnˈmeʃ/ /ɪnˈmeʃ/ |
| he / she / it enmeshes | /ɪnˈmeʃɪz/ /ɪnˈmeʃɪz/ |
| past simple enmeshed | /ɪnˈmeʃt/ /ɪnˈmeʃt/ |
| past participle enmeshed | /ɪnˈmeʃt/ /ɪnˈmeʃt/ |
| -ing form enmeshing | /ɪnˈmeʃɪŋ/ /ɪnˈmeʃɪŋ/ |
- enmesh somebody/something (in something) to involve somebody/something in a bad situation that it is not easy to escape from
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