"She didn't, but she had an idea that baking would be a way for this woman to extricate herself from a miserable situation."
The manner in which he had extricated himself from a dangerous situation showed that.
When he wanted to extricate himself from a difficult situation he only had to resign; and get a title for doing it.
A middle reliever's job is very often to extricate his team from a tight situation.
It might not work for more than a few seconds, but any time at all might allow them to extricate themselves from such a situation.
And yet, I must admit, you extricated us from a difficult situation.
For now I am glad to have extricated you from a most delicate situation.
He then extricated his men from a critical situation under heavy fire.
Congress approved a bill on the closing of military bases, extricating itself from a situation the legislation created.
Other times, he would use the lies to extricate himself from a messy situation, like a child cornered by the truth.