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: November 2, 2024
\EK-struh-kayt\ verb
What It Means
To extricate someone or something is to free or remove that person or thing from an entanglement or difficulty, such as a trap or a difficult conversation.
// She hasn't been able to extricate herself from her legal problems.
// It took all afternoon to extricate the tractor from the mud.
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