Extricate
verb
To free or release from a difficult or tangled situation.
She managed to extricate herself from her tangled bed sheets.
Often appears as...
- extricate oneself from
- extricate from a situation
verb
To get out of a difficult situation or responsibility.
He is trying to extricate himself from a financial mess.
Often appears as...
- extricate from responsibility
- extricate from obligation
verb
To free or release from a difficult or tangled situation.
She managed to extricate herself from her tangled bed sheets.
Often appears as...
- extricate oneself from
- extricate from a situation
verb
To get out of a difficult situation or responsibility.
He is trying to extricate himself from a financial mess.
Often appears as...
- extricate from responsibility
- extricate from obligation
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Escape
Often used when someone escapes from physical restraints or tight spaces.
The magician extricated himself from the chains.
Pro Tip 2/3Problem Solving
Used when creatively finding a way out of a complex situation or problem.
She extricated her family from the maze.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Can describe escaping from non-physical problems, like social or emotional issues.
He extricated himself from the awkward conversation.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Escape
Often used when someone escapes from physical restraints or tight spaces.
The magician extricated himself from the chains.
Pro Tip 2/3Problem Solving
Used when creatively finding a way out of a complex situation or problem.
She extricated her family from the maze.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Can describe escaping from non-physical problems, like social or emotional issues.
He extricated himself from the awkward conversation.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Escape
Often used when someone escapes from physical restraints or tight spaces.
The magician extricated himself from the chains.
Pro Tip 2/3Problem Solving
Used when creatively finding a way out of a complex situation or problem.
She extricated her family from the maze.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Can describe escaping from non-physical problems, like social or emotional issues.
He extricated himself from the awkward conversation.
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Sonia Shah: 3 reasons we...
around your home. Or say your cow does, or say your pig does, and then, say, it rains, and that footprint fills up with a little bit of water. That's it. You've created the perfect malarial mosquito habitat that's right outside your door. So it's not easy for us to extricate ourselves from these insects.
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Kate Hartman: The art of...
and I was thinking. And I tend to be a person who thinks too much and talks too little. And so I was thinking about how it might be great if I could just take all these noises -- like all these sounds of my thoughts in my head -- if I could just physically extricate them and pull them out in such a form
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Why you should define...
that could be a semi-permanent. So I took the trip. None of the disasters came to pass. There were some hiccups, sure. I was able to extricate myself from the business. I ended up extending that trip for a year and a half around the world, and that became the basis for my first book,
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The benefits of talking...
them introduce yourself that other person over there who looks like they're stuck in a conversation that they can't extricate themselves from we've all been there go over and it's just insinuate yourself in that conversation let's see throw them a
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Safari Live - Day 296 PIPE...
and see one just over the other edge of the termite mom I would go a little faster if I wasn't afraid of mounting us on a rock like I did yesterday during our rehearsal we had to get out and well extricate ourselves
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Survival Guide: Anaconda...
Back it sinks its fangs deep into a Seuss's flesh his survival depends on extricate in his hand what would you do in this situation should you pull your hands straight out of the snake's mouth
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Survival Guide: Anaconda...
Back it sinks its fangs deep into a Seuss's flesh his survival depends on extricate in his hand what would you do in the situation should you pull your hand straight out of the snake's mouth
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Our loss of wisdom -...
as we try to extricate ourselves from this current financial crisis but what did he appeal to he did not happily follow in the footsteps of his predecessor and tell us to just go
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Barry Schwartz: Our loss...
as we try to extricate ourselves from this current financial crisis. But what did he appeal to? He did not, happily, follow in the footsteps of his predecessor,
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Survival Guide: Anaconda...
sinks its fangs deep into a Seuss's flesh his survival depends on extricate in his hand what would you do in this situation
Video examples
Sonia Shah: 3 reasons we...
around your home. Or say your cow does, or say your pig does, and then, say, it rains, and that footprint fills up with a little bit of water. That's it. You've created the perfect malarial mosquito habitat that's right outside your door. So it's not easy for us to extricate ourselves from these insects.
Video examples
Kate Hartman: The art of...
and I was thinking. And I tend to be a person who thinks too much and talks too little. And so I was thinking about how it might be great if I could just take all these noises -- like all these sounds of my thoughts in my head -- if I could just physically extricate them and pull them out in such a form
Video examples
Why you should define...
that could be a semi-permanent. So I took the trip. None of the disasters came to pass. There were some hiccups, sure. I was able to extricate myself from the business. I ended up extending that trip for a year and a half around the world, and that became the basis for my first book,
Video examples
The benefits of talking...
them introduce yourself that other person over there who looks like they're stuck in a conversation that they can't extricate themselves from we've all been there go over and it's just insinuate yourself in that conversation let's see throw them a
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 296 PIPE...
and see one just over the other edge of the termite mom I would go a little faster if I wasn't afraid of mounting us on a rock like I did yesterday during our rehearsal we had to get out and well extricate ourselves
Video examples
Survival Guide: Anaconda...
Back it sinks its fangs deep into a Seuss's flesh his survival depends on extricate in his hand what would you do in this situation should you pull your hands straight out of the snake's mouth
Video examples
Survival Guide: Anaconda...
Back it sinks its fangs deep into a Seuss's flesh his survival depends on extricate in his hand what would you do in the situation should you pull your hand straight out of the snake's mouth
Video examples
Our loss of wisdom -...
as we try to extricate ourselves from this current financial crisis but what did he appeal to he did not happily follow in the footsteps of his predecessor and tell us to just go
Video examples
Barry Schwartz: Our loss...
as we try to extricate ourselves from this current financial crisis. But what did he appeal to? He did not, happily, follow in the footsteps of his predecessor,
Video examples
Survival Guide: Anaconda...
sinks its fangs deep into a Seuss's flesh his survival depends on extricate in his hand what would you do in this situation
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Susan Orlean
American Journalist
I remember, when I was a kid, watching my mother jam herself into her girdle - a piece of equipment so rigid it could stand up on its own - and I remember her coming home from fancy parties and racing upstairs to extricate herself from its cruel iron grip.
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Marc Benioff
American Businessman
Businesses cannot be extricated or disintermediated from the communities they serve. Businesses who do that will do that at their own peril. They will draw fire. And companies who are integrated will be lauded by their communities and not draw fire.
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Julie Plec
American Producer
There's a lot of storylines over the years where you feel like it's maybe meant to be more important than it ends up being, and that's because we jump ship, and you gracefully extricate yourself from that as well as you can.
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Eduard Shevardnadze
Politician
I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation.
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Leandra Medine
American Author
Running a business is incredibly hard, especially as a creative person, because you're extricated from the creative very quickly, and that is really hard. Obviously, I have experienced that first hand.
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Martha Nussbaum
American Philosopher
Often, we feel helpless in lots of situations in our lives. The way anger gets a grip on us is it seems to be a way to extricate ourselves from helplessness.
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Steven Erikson
Canadian Novelist
The idea that an author can extricate her or his own ongoing life experience from the tale being written is a conceit of very little worth.
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Guy de Maupassant
French Writer
The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.
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Gordon Gee
American Educator
What I should do is go over to the surgical suites and get my foot extricated from my mouth.
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James Q. Wilson
American Politician
I will have an administrative system where there is no way to extricate red tape.
Quote examples
Susan Orlean
American Journalist
I remember, when I was a kid, watching my mother jam herself into her girdle - a piece of equipment so rigid it could stand up on its own - and I remember her coming home from fancy parties and racing upstairs to extricate herself from its cruel iron grip.
Quote examples
Marc Benioff
American Businessman
Businesses cannot be extricated or disintermediated from the communities they serve. Businesses who do that will do that at their own peril. They will draw fire. And companies who are integrated will be lauded by their communities and not draw fire.
Quote examples
Julie Plec
American Producer
There's a lot of storylines over the years where you feel like it's maybe meant to be more important than it ends up being, and that's because we jump ship, and you gracefully extricate yourself from that as well as you can.
Quote examples
Eduard Shevardnadze
Politician
I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation.
Quote examples
Leandra Medine
American Author
Running a business is incredibly hard, especially as a creative person, because you're extricated from the creative very quickly, and that is really hard. Obviously, I have experienced that first hand.
Quote examples
Martha Nussbaum
American Philosopher
Often, we feel helpless in lots of situations in our lives. The way anger gets a grip on us is it seems to be a way to extricate ourselves from helplessness.
Quote examples
Steven Erikson
Canadian Novelist
The idea that an author can extricate her or his own ongoing life experience from the tale being written is a conceit of very little worth.
Quote examples
Guy de Maupassant
French Writer
The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.
Quote examples
Gordon Gee
American Educator
What I should do is go over to the surgical suites and get my foot extricated from my mouth.
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James Q. Wilson
American Politician
I will have an administrative system where there is no way to extricate red tape.
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