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it takes two to tangle

it takes two to tangle phrase: blame is to be laid on both parties in a conflict.

Phrase

it takes two to tangle

  1. Blame is to be laid on both parties in a conflict.
    • Fee-fi-fo-fum
      It takes two to tangle and one to have won1985, J. G. Thirlwell, “Anything (Viva!)”, in Nail, performed by Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel

Origin of it takes two to tangle

Reconstruction of it takes two to tango, with tangle.

Questions about it takes two to tangle

What does it takes two to tangle mean?
It takes two to tangle means blame is to be laid on both parties in a conflict.
What part of speech is it takes two to tangle?
It takes two to tangle is a phrase.

Words near it takes two to tangle in the dictionary

  1. it takes all sorts
  2. it takes all sorts to make a world
  3. it takes one to know one
  4. it takes two to make a quarrel
  5. it takes two to quarrel
  6. it takes two to tangle
  7. it takes two to tango
  8. it took Nixon to go to China
  9. it was a joke, Joyce
  10. it was delicious
  11. it was like this

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