extract oneself
idiom
: to remove oneself from a difficult situation
He has been unable to extract himself from his legal difficulties.
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In The Unsocial Sociability, Nakajima references Immanuel Kant’s theories to explore how to extract oneself from societal dependence yet not be completely isolated.
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“Extract oneself.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extract%20oneself. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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