arrancarse

v. tear oneself away

= rip off, wrench, boot, pluck up, rip + open, pluck out, strip off.
Ex: Within the social sciences psychology journals are the most ripped off.
Ex: The first thing that's worrying me is that things are getting wrenched out of context.
Ex: In computer science to boot means to start up a computer system.
Ex: The article is entitled 'To everything there is a season...a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted: a life-cycle analysis of education for librarianship'.
Ex: The tidal wave ripped open the steel security shutters of the shops.
Ex: According to a myth about the phases of the moon, the wicked god Seth plucked out the eye of Horus and tore it to bits.
Ex: They gathered a whole sackful, stripped off the husks, and filled the sack again.
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* abrir arrancando = rip + open.
* arrancar con cables = jump-start [jump start].
* arrancar de = wretch from.
* arrancar el cuero cabelludo a Alguien = scalp.
* arrancar la cabellera a Alguien = scalp.
* arrancar + Nombre + de = wring + Nombre + out of/from.
* arrancar + Sistema Operativo = start + Sistema Operativo.
* arrancar una página = tear out + page.