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to embroil
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to involve someone in an argument, conflict, or complex situation
Transitive: to embroil sb in a situation
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
embroil
3rd person singular
embroils
Present participle
embroiling
Past simple
embroiled
Past participle
embroiled
Examples
He inadvertently embroiled himself in a heated debate at the family gathering by expressing a controversial opinion.
Lexical Tree
disembroil
embroiled
embroilment
embroil
