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tackle on

tackle on verb: to deal with; to confront; to tackle head on.

Verb

tackle on (third-person singular simple present tackles on, present participle tackling on, simple past and past participle tackled on)

  1. (informal, transitive) To deal with; to confront; to tackle head on.

Forms of tackle on

third-person singular presenttackles on
present participletackling on
past participletackled on
pasttackled on

Questions about tackle on

What does tackle on mean?
Tackle on means to deal with; to confront; to tackle head on.
What part of speech is tackle on?
Tackle on is a verb.
What is the past tense of tackle on?
The past tense of tackle on is tackled on.

Words near tackle on in the dictionary

  1. tackle falls
  2. tackle football
  3. tackle for loss
  4. tackle house
  5. tackle houses
  6. tackle on
  7. tackle porter
  8. tackle porters
  9. tackle twill
  10. tackle twills
  11. tackle-house

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