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extricateextricate /ˈɛkstrəˌkeɪt/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYextricateOrigin: 1600-1700 Latin, past participle of extricare, from tricae small difficulties VERB TABLEextricate |
Present | I, you, we, they | extricate | | he, she, it | extricates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | extricated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have extricated | | he, she, it | has extricated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had extricated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will extricate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have extricated |
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Present | I | am extricating | | he, she, it | is extricating | | you, we, they | are extricating | Past | I, he, she, it | was extricating | | you, we, they | were extricating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been extricating | | he, she, it | has been extricating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been extricating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be extricating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been extricating |
1to remove someone or something from a place in which he or she is trapped: Firemen extricated the driver from the wrecked car.2to escape from a difficult, embarrassing, bad, etc. situation: extricate from She spent more than $57,000 extricating her husband from jail.extricate yourself from something Fewer women manage to extricate themselves from low-paying jobs.—extrication /ˌɛkstrəˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |