'V n from n' - Construction 12
| Name: | the dissociate one thing from another construction |
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| Description: | A person creates a figurative distance between two things. |
| Verbs: | alienate, decouple, demerge, detach, differentiate, disentangle, dissociate, distance (+oneself), distract (+attention), divorce, isolate, separate, wean |
| Example: | He was determined to dissociate the USA from any settlement… (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative 'from'; move |
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