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To have expressed in greater detail
Past tense for to free from a tangled or twisted state
“As he struggled to disentangle the rope, we saw a wave break over the dinghy, followed by a huge swell.”
Past tense for to set free, especially from entanglement or difficulty
“They are looking at ways to disentangle him from this situation.”
Past tense for to untie or unfasten something tangled
“The Naked Ape's face was bloody and purple, lips bloated, and one eye puffed out as it tried to disentangle the chains around its neck.”
Past tense for to unravel or make sense of a tricky, problematic or complicated issue
“Let us try to disentangle this thorny issue and to find reasonable solutions that might be acceptable to both scholars and musicians.”
Past tense for to separate or disconnect two previously attached parts or objects
Past tense for to understand by thinking carefully about
Past tense for to untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it
Past tense for to knock or force out of position
Past tense for to simplify something (by removing the complexities from)
Past tense for to break something down into its component parts, typically for analysis
Past tense for to explain something cryptic or foreign
Past tense for to open or spread out, especially from a folded position
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