untangle
verb (used with object)
to bring out of a tangled state; disentangle; unsnarl.
had been untangling
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past perfect progressiveof untangle.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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He had been untangling a forgotten rare specimen of deep-sea lobster from his net, when the explosion came.
From The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic by John Henry Goldfrap
