disengage
/ˌdɪsɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/ verb C2- To release or loosen from something that binds, entangles, holds, or interlocks.
He/she/it disengages · Past disengaged · Past participle disengaged · -ing form disengaging
Verb forms
- Base form
- disengage
- He/she/it
- disengages
- Past
- disengaged
- Past participle
- disengaged
- -ing form
- disengaging
From the library
Marilla disengaged Anne’s clinging hands stonily.
Ferguson gently disengaged himself from the embrace with some little show of embarrassment.
Ferguson gently disengaged him.
Then taking the disengaged arm of Mr.
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