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Grammar : Verb
Spell : uhn-tang-guh l
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈtæŋ gəl



Definition of untangle

Origin :
  • 1540s, from un- (2) + tangle. Related: Untangled; untangling.
  • verb straighten out
Example sentences :
  • Your philosophy may be a trifle mixed, but it will untangle itself later on.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Bravery » by Burt L. Standish
  • Sally Ann never failed to locate the trouble or to untangle the yarn.
  • Extract from : « Susan B. Anthony » by Alma Lutz
  • A cup of chocolate, served by Gothon, helped not a little to untangle his ideas.
  • Extract from : « The Man With The Broken Ear » by Edmond About
  • I have been spending all the afternoon getting on to the phone to Paris to untangle the muddle.
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Knew » by Edgar Wallace
  • Those who were actually laboring to untangle the ropes only increased the snarl.
  • Extract from : « Down the Rhine » by Oliver Optic
  • It took the repair men an hour to untangle the wires and fix them.
  • Extract from : « David and the Phoenix » by Edward Ormondroyd
  • “For what you call your mix-up to untangle,” was his answer.
  • Extract from : « The Prairie Mother » by Arthur Stringer
  • She stopped to cough and to show Helen how to untangle some threads.
  • Extract from : « The Bishop of Cottontown » by John Trotwood Moore
  • He dozed off, for all his wretchedness, exhausted by his efforts to untangle the snarl.
  • Extract from : « A Man to His Mate » by J. Allan Dunn
  • It was, admitted the trainman, too much for him to untangle.
  • Extract from : « Agent Nine and the Jewel Mystery » by Graham M. Dean

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