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disengage from

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disengage (oneself) from someone or something
to detach oneself from someone or something; to untangle oneself from someone or something. I wanted to disengage myself from the person I was talking to and go home. We disengaged from the argument.

disengage something from something

to detach something from something. Sally disengaged the locking mechanism from the cupboard door and peeked in. The coupling was disengaged from the boxcar, and the car separated and rolled away.


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It is our right to disengage from a dishonest and unreliable partner," he told journalists.
It is a choice that many more people are making and when professionals disengage from their work we all pay the price.
The research also found that these negative experiences can lead boys as young as nine or 10 in disadvantaged areas to start to disengage from school.
 
 
 
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