Definition

1. Verb:
   • To disentangle; to untangle: To carefully separate things that are twisted, knotted, or caught together.
   • To remove; to take down: To detach something that is attached, fastened, or stuck to a surface.
   • To resolve; to get out of: To find a solution to or extricate oneself from a difficult, complicated, or embarrassing situation.
   • To recover; to break even: To regain a loss or offset a deficit, especially in games or business, often to reach a neutral position.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy đang gỡ những sợi chỉ bị rối. (She is untangling the tangled threads.)
  • Anh ấy gỡ bức tranh xuống khỏi tường. (He took the picture down from the wall.)
  • Luật sư giúp gỡ một vụ kiện phức tạp. (The lawyer helped resolve a complicated lawsuit.)
  • Ở ván cuối, anh ấy đã gỡ lại được số điểm đã thua. (In the final round, he recovered the points he had lost.)

Advanced Usage

• "gỡ bỏ": to remove, to dismantle (often software or installations).

  • Tôi cần gỡ bỏ phần mềm cũ. (I need to uninstall the old software.)

• "gỡ thế bí": to find a way out of a stalemate or deadlock.

  • Tướng cờ đó giúp anh ấy gỡ thế bí. (That chess move helped him get out of the stalemate.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gỡ rối (v): to untangle a mess; to solve a complicated problem.

  • Chuyên gia được mời đến để gỡ rối cho dự án. (An expert was invited to untangle the problems for the project.)

• Gỡ gạc (v): to recoup losses, to recover somewhat (often financially).

  • Cửa hàng đang cố gắng gỡ gạc sau đợt kinh doanh thua lỗ. (The shop is trying to recoup its losses after a period of unprofitable business.)

Synonyms

• Untangle: to free from tangles.
• Remove: to take off or away.
• Resolve: to find a solution to a problem.
• Recoup: to regain or recover.

Related Idioms

• Gỡ tội: to exonerate; to clear someone of blame.

  • Bằng chứng mới đã giúp gỡ tội cho bị cáo. (The new evidence helped exonerate the defendant.)

• Gỡ thẻ đỏ (in sports): to have a red card rescinded.

  • Đội bóng đang đề nghị gỡ thẻ đỏ cho cầu thủ của họ. (The team is requesting that their player's red card be rescinded.)

verb

1. to disengage; to unravel; to pick; to take up
   • gỡ thịt ở xương ra
     to pick a bone