unhooked; unhooking; unhooks
1
: to remove from a hook
2
: to unfasten by disengaging a hook
3
: to free from a habit or dependency
Examples of unhook in a Sentence
He unhooked the fish from the line.
She reached behind her and unhooked her bra.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2025
The dognapper was able to unhook the poodle's leash and flee with it in a nearby vehicle, police said.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2025
Smallmouth bass are among the hardest-fighting freshwater sport fishes, popular with anglers for the leaping acrobatics the fish perform trying to unhook themselves.
—Martin J. Kernan, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2025
The nurse began to unhook the apparatus that kept Lisa’s chest rising and falling.
—Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Unhook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unhook. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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unhook
verb
un·hook
ˌən-ˈhu̇k 
1
: to remove from a hook
2
: to unfasten the hooks of
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