All 6 Uses of
detach
in
Great Expectations
- Here, the daylight reappeared, and I found myself in a small paved courtyard, the opposite side of which was formed by a detached dwelling-house, that looked as if it had once belonged to the manager or head clerk of the extinct brewery.†
Chpt 11
- I found the same gate open, and I explored the garden, and even looked in at the windows of the detached house; but my view was suddenly stopped by the closed shutters within, and all was lifeless.†
Chpt 12 *
- While we were still on our way to those detached apartments across the paved yard at the back, he asked me how often I had seen Miss Havisham eat and drink; offering me a breadth of choice, as usual, between a hundred times and once.†
Chpt 29
- Not being bound to her, can you not detach yourself from her?†
Chpt 30
- "You can't detach yourself?"†
Chpt 30
- We were seated by the fire, as just now described, and Miss Havisham still had Estella's arm drawn through her own, and still clutched Estella's hand in hers, when Estella gradually began to detach herself.†
Chpt 38
Definition:
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(detach) to separate something from something else (physically or emotionally)