disengage
verb (used with object)
to release from attachment or connection; loosen; unfasten.
were disengaging
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past progressiveof disengage.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Issues were disengaging themselves and were becoming distinct.
From Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings by Mary Johnston
Men and women were disengaging themselves from the shapeless rubbish.
From The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer by Oliver Optic
