verb [VN]
1 to undo string, hair, wire, etc. that has become twisted or has knots in it:
Can you untangle all those cables on the floor? * She tried to untangle her skirt from the wire fence.
2 to make sth that is complicated or confusing easier to deal with or understand:
It will not be easy to untangle his financial affairs.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for untangle is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does untangle appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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