disengage

Definition

  • verb: to separate from someone or something
  • verb: to release from something that engages or involves
  • usually + 'from'
  • synonyms: clear, disentangle, free

Examples

  • He began to 'disengage' [=(more commonly) 'withdraw'] 'from' the family when he was 15 or so.

  • Put the car in gear, and then slowly 'disengage' the clutch while pressing on the gas pedal.

  • The government says it will gradually 'disengage' [='withdraw'] soldiers from the region.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Pressure reading. Forty-eight seconds and counting. [Lambert Over Radio, Indistinct] Prepare to disengage from platform. Disengage. Umbilicus clear. Money's safe. Let's take her down. (..)
    1979 Alien