verb
    
    -gages; -gaged; -gaging
    
    to separate from someone or something [no obj]
    
    
    
    usually + from
    
    
    
    [no obj] :to stop being involved with a person or group :to stop taking part in something - usually + from
    
    
    
    to move (a mechanism or part of a machine) so that it no longer fits into another part [+ obj]
    
    
    
    
    
    military :to order (a group of soldiers) to stop fighting and move away from an area [+ obj]