- extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber - release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"
--1 is one way to free, disengage
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun untangling1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick - become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "the sweater unravelled"
--2 is one way to undo
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something