pretzel up in English

Forms: pretzels up [present, singular, third-person], pretzeling up [US, participle, present], pretzelling up [UK, participle, present], pretzeled up [US, participle, past], pretzeled up [US, past], pretzelled up [UK, participle, past], pretzelled up [UK, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*l}} pretzel up (third-person singular simple present pretzels up, present participle (US) pretzeling up or (UK) pretzelling up, simple past and past participle (US) pretzeled up or (UK) pretzelled up)

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        "To make or become confused, perplexed, twisted or entangled."
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        "(informal, ambitransitive, idiomatic) To make or become confused, perplexed, twisted or entangled."
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    {
      "form": "pretzels up",
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        "present",
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    {
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        "present"
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"pretzel up" meaning in English

Verb