I tried to extricate myself from her, but she made it hard for me to get away politely.
•I managed to extricate the ring from the vacuum cleaner bag.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
extricate — UK [ˈekstrɪkeɪt] / US [ˈekstrɪˌkeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms extricate : present tense I/you/we/they extricate he/she/it extricates present participle extricating past tense extricated past participle extricated formal 1) to get someone out… … English dictionary
extricate — ex|tri|cate [ ekstrı,keıt ] verb transitive FORMAL 1. ) to get someone out of a difficult or unpleasant situation: extricate someone/yourself (from something): Pete had managed to extricate himself from a very embarrassing situation. 2. ) to get… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
extricate — [[t]e̱kstrɪkeɪt[/t]] extricates, extricating, extricated 1) VERB If you extricate yourself or another person from a difficult or serious situation, you free yourself or the other person from it. [V pron refl from n] It represents a last ditch… … English dictionary
extricate — vb Extricate, disentangle, untangle, disencumber, disembarrass are comparable when meaning to free or release from what binds or holds back. Extricate, the most widely useful of these words, implies a situation in which someone or something is so … New Dictionary of Synonyms
extricate — verb (T) 1 to escape from a difficult or embarrassing situation (+ from): By 1897 his lawyers had managed to extricate him from the contract. | extricate yourself: I desperately tried to think of a way to extricate myself from Mrs. Bedford s… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fish someone/something out — PULL OUT, haul out, remove, extricate, extract, retrieve; rescue from, save from. → fish … Useful english dictionary
Indonesia — /in deuh nee zheuh, sheuh, zee euh, doh /, n. 1. See East Indies (def. 1). 2. Republic of. Formerly, Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi,… … Universalium
education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… … Universalium
discharge — dis·charge 1 /dis chärj, dis ˌchärj/ vt 1: to release from an obligation: as a: to relieve of a duty under an instrument (as a contract or a negotiable instrument); also: to render (an instrument) no longer enforceable a formal instrument...may… … Law dictionary
English passive voice — This article is about the passive voice in English. For the passive voice generally, including its use in other languages, see Passive voice. English grammar series English grammar Contraction Disputes in English grammar English compound English… … Wikipedia
rescue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. liberate, set free, deliver, save; recover, reclaim. See liberation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of rescuing] Syn. deliverance, saving, release, extrication, liberation, ransom, redemption,… … English dictionary for students
