to disentangle
3
5.8
- verb
- /ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡəl/
:
desenredar
- Leaving him behind was the first step to disentangling herself from this mess.
- difficult to disentangle
- impossible to disentangle
- hard to disentangle
But they have struggled to disentangle themselves from Moscow, from one another.
- But they have struggled to disentangle themselves from Moscow, from one another.
- But to ask somebody to let go of that or disentangle themselves from that is a threat.
- Let's say disentangle from a professional relationship, disentangle from a personal relationship.
- And it's not as easy to disentangle yourself when you think about all the things you need.
- And so it's very difficult sometimes to disentangle your own personal feelings, you know, from this as well.
- And and yet, and, and constantly we're trying to disentangle ourselves from from men in whichever way you think about.
Examples
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But they have struggled to disentangle themselves from Moscow, from one another.
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We'll have to disentangle ourselves from your artist friend.
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Maybe it fell on the floor, maybe it was too difficult to disentangle himself and pick it up.
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And it's not as easy to disentangle yourself when you think about all the things you need.
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And so it's very difficult sometimes to disentangle your own personal feelings, you know, from this as well.
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We run an international practice here, and we're trying to disentangle certain companies from their affairs in Germany.
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The study is an initial step toward disentangling the mental health protective factors.
Academic text (2008) -
As with the New Urbanism, the concrete impacts of space upon civil society are difficult to disentangle.
Academic text (2001) -
Other times, she complained about her daughter Emma, who couldn't disentangle herself from an abusive husband.
Fiction book (2000) -
She needed to disentangle herself from the complicated relationships in her life.
Synonyms
∞
1.8
To let someone or something go free from being held
∞
1.4
To stop holding something or someone so they are free
337
1.0
To release someone or something that is held
165
3.0
To escape from people who are holding you, often by force
82
5.3
To stop being part of or connected to something
75
4.4
To find out what really happened in a confusing situation
22
7.6
Free a person or thing from something that traps them
16
7.0
To end a connection with a person, group, or idea
12
4.9
To free someone from a difficult or confusing situation
11
4.1
To escape limits or control and become independent
8
3.9
To force yourself free from a place or person
6
4.1
Remove chains and other things that hold someone so they are free
5
6.5
Free someone or something from limits and control
5
3.6
To escape suddenly from control, capture, or a group
3
6.4
To free something by untying ropes or cords
1
6.2
To free someone or something from limits so they can act more freely
1
5.5
To make a confusing or difficult situation clear
1
9.9
To free a person or thing from an unwanted burden like debts
1
7.6
To free something from a tangle, like knots in rope or wire
1
9.9
To free someone from control or false ideas
To free a person or thing from a difficult situation
To free someone or something from a problem that makes things hard
To free yourself from a promise or duty that controls your life
Antonyms
How Free
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word disentangle comes from the parts dis- ('undo') and tangle ('a knot or mess'), and people use the same idea for problems and relationships. So to disentangle yourself from a business or to disentangle facts from rumors is to free yourself from a complicated mess or separate what is true.