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SNARL UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snarl up mean? 

SNARL UP (verb)
  The verb SNARL UP has 1 sense:

1. make more complicated or confused through entanglementsplay

  Familiarity information: SNARL UP used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SNARL UP (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make more complicated or confused through entanglements

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

embrangle; snarl; snarl up

Hypernyms (to "snarl up" is one way to...):

complicate; perplex (make more complicated)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "snarl up"):

snafu (cause to be in a state of complete confusion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


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