縺れ込む

もつれこむ【縺れ込む】

be carried over 《to the next meeting》 (without a solution having been reached).

●PK 戦にもつれ込む go into a shoot-out.

●選挙は決選投票にもつれ込んだ. Undecided in the first ballot, the election went into a run-off.

・〔野球で〕 試合は延長戦にもつれ込んだ. The game went into extra innings.