- 1extricate somebody/something/yourself (from something) to escape or enable someone to escape from a difficult situation He had managed to extricate himself from most of his official duties.
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- 2extricate somebody/something/yourself (from something) to free someone or something or yourself from a place where they/it or you are trapped They managed to extricate the pilot from the tangled control panel.
extricate
verbNAmE//ˈɛkstrəˌkeɪt//
(formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they extricate he / she / it extricates
past simple extricated
-ing form extricating
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