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present participle of untangle
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1
to separate the various strands of
- gently untangled the baby's hair
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2
to set free from entanglement or difficulty
- I was finally able to untangle myself from my credit problems
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“Untangling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untangling. Accessed 26 Jan. 2022.
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