Disentangle
verb
To remove or free from something that makes it difficult or complicated.
She tried to disentangle the knots in her shoelaces.
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- disentangle oneself
- disentangle from
verb
To manage to escape or separate yourself from a difficult or unwanted situation.
He finally managed to disentangle himself from his toxic relationship.
Often appears as...
- disentangle from
- disentangle oneself from
verb
To remove or free from something that makes it difficult or complicated.
She tried to disentangle the knots in her shoelaces.
Often appears as...
- disentangle oneself
- disentangle from
verb
To manage to escape or separate yourself from a difficult or unwanted situation.
He finally managed to disentangle himself from his toxic relationship.
Often appears as...
- disentangle from
- disentangle oneself from
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Use
Used for actual physical entanglements like ropes, wires, or hair.
He worked patiently to disentangle the fishing line.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Complexity
Often used metaphorically for puzzles, problems, or complex situations needing solutions.
The detective needed to disentangle the web of lies.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-physical Obstacles
Can refer to non-physical things that are difficult, like emotions or ideas.
They attempted to disentangle their feelings before continuing the discussion.
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Use
Used for actual physical entanglements like ropes, wires, or hair.
He worked patiently to disentangle the fishing line.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Complexity
Often used metaphorically for puzzles, problems, or complex situations needing solutions.
The detective needed to disentangle the web of lies.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-physical Obstacles
Can refer to non-physical things that are difficult, like emotions or ideas.
They attempted to disentangle their feelings before continuing the discussion.
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Use
Used for actual physical entanglements like ropes, wires, or hair.
He worked patiently to disentangle the fishing line.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphoric Complexity
Often used metaphorically for puzzles, problems, or complex situations needing solutions.
The detective needed to disentangle the web of lies.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-physical Obstacles
Can refer to non-physical things that are difficult, like emotions or ideas.
They attempted to disentangle their feelings before continuing the discussion.
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Video examples
Life Beyond Earth, Part...
If I'm on the other side, I can collect that light, I can spread it out into a spectrum, I inspect it, and I can disentangle the fingerprint that that atmosphere left on the light. Which means, I may have the ability with enough sensitivity
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Megan Kamerick: Women...
unconscious bias flows throughout most of our lives. It's really difficult to disentangle those strands. But he did have one suggestion. He used to work for two editors who said every story had to have at least one female source.
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Women should represent...
throughout most of our lives it's really difficult to disentangle those strands but he did have one suggestion he used to work for to editors who said every story had to have at least one female source he
Video examples
Life Beyond Earth, Part...
If I'm on the other side, I can collect that light, I can spread it out into a spectrum, I inspect it, and I can disentangle the fingerprint that that atmosphere left on the light. Which means, I may have the ability with enough sensitivity
Video examples
Megan Kamerick: Women...
unconscious bias flows throughout most of our lives. It's really difficult to disentangle those strands. But he did have one suggestion. He used to work for two editors who said every story had to have at least one female source.
Video examples
Women should represent...
throughout most of our lives it's really difficult to disentangle those strands but he did have one suggestion he used to work for to editors who said every story had to have at least one female source he
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Quote examples
Daniel H. Pink
American Author
To some extent, the act of creation and the act of selling are hard to disentangle. If you create something, whether it's a painting or a company, I think if you care about it, you have some obligation to go out and tell people about it.
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Dominic Grieve
British Politician
Very few MPs disagree with the need for a withdrawal bill to enable us to disentangle our 50-year relationship with the legal structures of the European Union and to enable us to function effectively outside of it.
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Jesse Kellerman
American Novelist
It's impossible for me to disentangle how much of my storytelling urge is the product of growing up with novelist parents and how much is a genetic legacy from those same parents.
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Clint Smith
American Writer
Until lawmakers can disentangle property taxes from public education, inequalities - perpetuated by the Supreme Court and Congress - will persist.
Quote examples
Daniel H. Pink
American Author
To some extent, the act of creation and the act of selling are hard to disentangle. If you create something, whether it's a painting or a company, I think if you care about it, you have some obligation to go out and tell people about it.
Quote examples
Dominic Grieve
British Politician
Very few MPs disagree with the need for a withdrawal bill to enable us to disentangle our 50-year relationship with the legal structures of the European Union and to enable us to function effectively outside of it.
Quote examples
Jesse Kellerman
American Novelist
It's impossible for me to disentangle how much of my storytelling urge is the product of growing up with novelist parents and how much is a genetic legacy from those same parents.
Quote examples
Clint Smith
American Writer
Until lawmakers can disentangle property taxes from public education, inequalities - perpetuated by the Supreme Court and Congress - will persist.
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