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untangle

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un·tan·gle  (n-tnggl)
tr.v. un·tan·gled, un·tan·gling, un·tan·gles
1. To free from a tangle; disentangle. See Synonyms at extricate.
2. To straighten out (something puzzling or complicated); clarify or resolve.

untangle
Verb
[-gling, -gled] to free from tangles or confusion
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.untangleuntangle - release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"
disengage, free - free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"
2.untangleuntangle - become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread"
undo - cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions"

untangle
verb 1. disentangle, unravel, sort out, extricate, straighten out, untwist, unsnarl << OPPOSITE entangle
verb 2. solve, clear up, straighten out, understand, explain, figure out (informal) clarify, unravel, fathom, get to the bottom of, elucidate, suss out (informal) puzzle out << OPPOSITE complicate
Translations

untangle [ʌnˈtæŋgl] vtdesenredar
untangle [ʌnˈtæŋgl] vtdémêler, débrouiller
untangle [ʌnˈtæŋgl] vtentwirren
untangle [ʌnˈtæŋgl] vtsbrogliare

untangle
v untangle [anˈtӕŋgl]
to take (eg string, thread etc) out of its tangled condition; to disentangle She tried to untangle her hair. loskam, los maak يَفُك الخُيوط المُتَشابِكَه оправям rozplést rede ud entwirren ξεμπερδεύω desenmarañar lahti harutama از پیچیدگی درآوردن selvittää démêler לְהַתִיר सुलझाना razmrsiti, rasplesti kibont greiða úr flækju districare ほどく išnarplioti atšķetināt menguraikan ontwarren løse opp en floke rozplątać desembaraçar a descurca распутывать rozpliesť razplesti razmrsiti reda upp [] คลายให้หายยุ่ง çözmek, açmak 解開 розплутувати سلجھانا gỡ rối


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Then he gave Jack a sudden push that sent him sprawling upon the cushions in so awkward a fashion that he doubled up like a jackknife, and had hard work to untangle himself.
It is true that I have never had a case, and have had to earn a poor living for twenty years as an expert accountant in a town where I can't get a hold of a set of books to untangle as often as I should like.
All we had to do, any time, was to let go our end--as I am going to do now, so that those Greeks can untangle their nets.
 
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