DETACH


Meaning of DETACH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪtætʃ ]

( detaches, detaching, detached)

1.

If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it. ( FORMAL )

Detach the white part of the application form and keep it...

It is easy to detach the currants from the stems...

There was an accident when the towrope detached from the car.

VERB : V n , V n from n , V from n

2.

If you detach yourself from something, you become less involved in it or less concerned about it than you used to be.

It helps them detach themselves from their problems and become more objective.

VERB : V pron-refl from n

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