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v. - Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; Extricate from entanglement; Separate the tangles of; Release from entanglement of difficulty; Free from involvement or entanglement.

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  • How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?
  • Can you disentangle the cord?
  • Kennedy-Carter is arguably a better example, but even that is very hard to disentangle from the Iran hostage situation.
  • But I just don't know how to disentangle the fault.
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