He had a hard time to disengage himself from the gang.
Source: tatoeba (291166)
Disengage
//ˌdɪsɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "disengage" (130 found)
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Related words (65)
isolateleavelooseloosenmove backpartprypull awaypull backpull outremoveretireretreatrun backsegregateseparatesequesterset apartset asideset free
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shake offshut offsplitstand aloofstand apartstand asidestand backstep asidesubtracttake offtear loosethrow offthrow outunbarunbindunboltunbuckleunbuttonunchainunclaspunclutteruncoupleundounfastenunfetterunglueunhookunknotunlaceunlatchunleashunlockunlooseunloosenunravelunscrambleunsnarlunstickunstrapuntangleuntieunyokeweigh anchor
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24 translations across 7 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- ысҡындырыу verb (release, detach)
Bulgarian
2 entries- освобождавам verb (release, detach)
- отвързвам verb (release, detach)
French
1 entries- désengager verb (release, detach)
German
3 entries- aushaken verb (release, detach)
- ausklinken verb (release, detach)
- entkuppeln verb (release, detach)
Malagasy
1 entries- manafaka verb (release, detach)
Māori
2 entries- ui verb (release, detach)
- whakatangatanga verb (release, detach)
Spanish
4 entries- acabar el contacto verb (release, detach)
- cesar el contacto verb (release, detach)
- cortar el contacto verb (release, detach)
- desacoplar verb (release, detach)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Disengage!
Source: tatoeba (12486799)
Diſingaging myſelf then from his embrace, I made him ſenſible of the reaſons there were for his preſent leaving me; on which, tho' reluctantly, he put on his cloaths with as little expedition, however, as he could help, wantonly interrupting himſelf between whiles, with kiſſes, touches, and embraces, I could not refuſe myſelf to; [...]
Source: wiktionary
With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.
Source: wiktionary
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