Vocabulary Word
Word: disengage
Definition: uncouple; separate; disconnect; stop fighting; OP. engage
Definition: uncouple; separate; disconnect; stop fighting; OP. engage
Sentences Containing 'disengage'
Silence ensued, and I was considering how I could best disengage my shoulder from his hand, and go away, when he said: 'I suppose you are a pretty sharp fellow still?
Even now, he put his hand in his coat-pocket as soon as he could disengage it, and seemed relieved when he had got it safe back.
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