as in to unfasten
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Recent Examples of unhook
In the video, he is seen reaching up amid the heavy, black smoke, carefully unhooking the shredded banner from a flag pole in front of the home.
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Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
Portnoy did not try to turn on the boat before unhooking it from the from the buoys.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
Use a set of pliers to grab the carpet and pull it toward the tack strip, up, and away to unhook it from the tacks.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2024
While the dancers below him couldn’t do much to help, concert crews at the Prudential Center sprang into action and brought out a ladder to unhook him and bring him down to safety.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 June 2024
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Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
Portnoy did not try to turn on the boat before unhooking it from the from the buoys.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
Use a set of pliers to grab the carpet and pull it toward the tack strip, up, and away to unhook it from the tacks.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2024
While the dancers below him couldn’t do much to help, concert crews at the Prudential Center sprang into action and brought out a ladder to unhook him and bring him down to safety.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhook
Verb
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His bow tie wants to be untied, his vest buttons unfastened, his top hat removed.—
James Meyer,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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On Black Friday last year, with the Chiefs and Raiders reserved for a national TV audience, quarterback Patrick Mahomes slammed a football between his hands and angrily unfastened his chin strap before yelling toward the sideline.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The top of the ring is attached via magnets and can be detached.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
28 May 2025
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The severity of the condition depends on how much of the placenta has detached.—
Lisa McCarty,
SELF,
21 May 2025
Verb
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If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 May 2025
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If time permits, disconnect utilities and appliances.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
28 May 2025
Verb
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Yet Trump has undone innumerable congressional spending decisions.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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The message comes at a particularly harrowing time for members of the LGBTQ+ community, who have watched as Trump has spent his first few months back in office working to undo protections for gay, trans and nonbinary people.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
2 June 2025
Verb
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The Live cohost and longtime spouses — who first married 29 years ago after meeting on the set of All My Children — discussed the potential impact of them breaking up after Ripa introduced a talking point about uncoupling on Thursday morning's show.—
Joey Nolfi Published,
EW.com,
29 May 2025
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Cruise ends up, in effect, uncoupling himself from the role and the performance he’s created.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
26 May 2025
Verb
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These behaviors have become dissociated from the gonads.—
Donna L. Maney,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2025
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The Ratliff family is on the brink of financial ruin as Jason Isaacs’ patriarch Timothy holds out from telling his wife or children and instead gulps down Victoria’s (Parker Posey) lorazepam to dissociate from reality.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Long connected off Brooklyn’s Carl Erskine at Forbes Field. 1968 — The American League announced the league will be split into two divisions.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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In his four years split between Jackson State and Colorado, the son of the legendary Deion Sanders threw for 14,347 yards, 134 touchdowns, and 27 interceptions, while completing 70.1 percent of his attempts.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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“Unhook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhook. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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