librarse de

v.

1 to get rid of, to do away with, to break oneself of, to break away from.

Nos libramos de sus amigos We got rid of her friends.

2 to escape, to get out of, to avoid, to elude.

Nos libramos del castigo We escaped the punishment.

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1) to get rid of

2) escape

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(v.) = disentangle + Reflexivo + from, extricate + Reflexivo + from, rid of, be free from, break + loose from, duck out of

Ex. Reference librarians must have the capability of kindly and tactfully disentangling themselves from hangers-on who would monopolize their time, to the detriment of others.

Ex. This article examines the importance of biography as an element of public library provision which must be extricated from the straitjacket of the classification system.

Ex. Two recently elected school board members have announced their intention of 'ridding the high school of Mrs Panopoulos' -- to which she replied, with a defiant shrug, 'Let them try'.

Ex. What one might call 'fetishistic bibliomania' is a disease -- and few serious book-readers, let alone librarians, are free from a squirrel-like proclivity to hoard books.

Ex. It is a time, in other words, when professionals often long to break loose from the stress 'to do far more, in less time'.

Ex. There's no polite way to duck out of a dinner party.

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(v.) = disentangle + Reflexivo + from, extricate + Reflexivo + from, rid of, be free from, break + loose from, duck out of

Ex: Reference librarians must have the capability of kindly and tactfully disentangling themselves from hangers-on who would monopolize their time, to the detriment of others.

Ex: This article examines the importance of biography as an element of public library provision which must be extricated from the straitjacket of the classification system.

Ex: Two recently elected school board members have announced their intention of 'ridding the high school of Mrs Panopoulos' -- to which she replied, with a defiant shrug, 'Let them try'.

Ex: What one might call 'fetishistic bibliomania' is a disease -- and few serious book-readers, let alone librarians, are free from a squirrel-like proclivity to hoard books.

Ex: It is a time, in other words, when professionals often long to break loose from the stress 'to do far more, in less time'.

Ex: There's no polite way to duck out of a dinner party.