Meaning & use
wrangle
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To argue persistently, or to round up and manage livestock such as cattle or horses.
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The two committees wrangled for hours over the wording of the proposal.
Cowboys wrangled the herd back into the corral before the storm hit.
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Wrangle has two common uses: a heated, drawn-out dispute (a legal wrangle) and the herding of animals (a horse wrangler).
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