もつれ込(こ)む

もつれこむ
verb (godan)
to drag on into; to carry over into (overtime, etc.)
自動詞 intransitivechange
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Presentもつれ込(こ)むもつれ込(こ)まない
Present politeもつれ込(こ)みますもつれ込(こ)みません
Pastもつれ込(こ)んだもつれ込(こ)まなかった
Past politeもつれ込(こ)みましたもつれ込(こ)みませんでした
て formもつれ込(こ)んでもつれ込(こ)まなくて
ている presentもつれ込(こ)んでいるもつれ込(こ)んでいない
ている politeもつれ込(こ)んでいますもつれ込(こ)んでいません
ている pastもつれ込(こ)んでいたもつれ込(こ)んでいなかった
ている past politeもつれ込(こ)んでいましたもつれ込(こ)んでいませんでした
Conditional ばもつれ込(こ)めばもつれ込(こ)まなければ
Conditional たらもつれ込(こ)んだらもつれ込(こ)まなかったら
Volitionalもつれ込(こ)もう—
Volitional politeもつれ込(こ)みましょう—
Potentialもつれ込(こ)めるもつれ込(こ)めない
Passiveもつれ込(こ)まれるもつれ込(こ)まれない
Causativeもつれ込(こ)ませるもつれ込(こ)ませない
Imperativeもつれ込(こ)めもつれ込(こ)むな
1. to drag on into; to end up extending into (overtime, a later stage)
For a contest, negotiation, or dispute to fail to be settled and spill over into an additional stage such as extra time, a playoff, or a further round. Combines もつれる (to become tangled/deadlocked) with 込(こ)む (to move into).
The game drags on into extra time.
The negotiations dragged on all the way to the final day.
Neither side would give way, and the contest went into sudden death.

An intransitive verb. The thing that drags on takes に to mark what it extends into (extra innings, a playoff, a final day, etc.).

Common collocations

Usage

Most often used of sports, elections, and negotiations that stay unresolved and spill into an extra stage. Implies the outcome was hard-fought and undecided.