Usage Note
Démêler literally means to untangle hair or thread (se démêler les cheveux), and figuratively to unravel a complex situation — démêler le vrai du faux (to separate fact from fiction). The related noun is démêlant, which in everyday French is a hair conditioner or detangler.
Examples
"Il faut démêler cette situation compliquée."
Natural Translation
We need to sort out this complicated situation.
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