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untangle the web

un-TANG-gul the WEB

ʌnˈtæŋɡəl ðə wɛb

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untangletheweb

Dictionary meaning

to clarify a complicated or confusing situation; to sort out a mess of interconnected problems step by step; to impose order on something that has become needlessly complex

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