extricate

remove oneself from a difficult or dangerous situation

TRANSLATION

sich herauswinden, -ziehen, befreien

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

"Now Rover Cars is returning to British hands, after BMW extricated itself from ownership of the money-losing carmaker and sold it to a British venture capital firm (Risikokapitalgesellschaft), Alchemy Partners, Ltd."

(The New York Times, 18th March 2000)

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