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Definition
to separate something from something else (physically or emotionally)
- He said 'Oh, he's like me—better detached.'Chapter 8 (23% in)
- She had read in it of the crocuses which had been bought for yellow and were coming up puce, of the new parlour-maid, who had watered the ferns with essence of lemonade, of the semi-detached cottages which were ruining Summer Street, and breaking the heart of Sir Harry Otway.Chapter 5 (91% in)
- To have stopped a week at Windy Corner and not to have met Cissie and Albert, the semi-detached villas that have been run up opposite the church!Chapter 8 (65% in)
There are no more uses of "detach" in A Room With A View.
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