as in to unfasten
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Recent Examples of unhook
Smallmouth bass are among the hardest-fighting freshwater sport fishes, popular with anglers for the leaping acrobatics the fish perform trying to unhook themselves.
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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
Andrade knocked him off and grabbed the briefcase, but couldn’t reach the latch to unhook it.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
To ride the lifts, snowboarders sit sideways and unhook the rear boot so that the board hangs only from the front foot, thereby fatiguing the foot.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Sep. 2012
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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
Andrade knocked him off and grabbed the briefcase, but couldn’t reach the latch to unhook it.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
To ride the lifts, snowboarders sit sideways and unhook the rear boot so that the board hangs only from the front foot, thereby fatiguing the foot.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Sep. 2012
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhook
Verb
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If your button-down outfit is in need of a little spice, a quick trick is to unfasten the top and slip out a single shoulder.—
Sri Rain Stewart,
InStyle,
13 Jan. 2026
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Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The editorial board has offered tone-deaf takes on the Iran war detached from its grotesque, senseless reality.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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There have been at least 15 reports of the zipper head detaching from the garment, the CPSC said Thursday, but no injuries have been reported.—
Kiki Intarasuwan,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Year after year, the Taiwanese public is becoming increasingly disconnected from their original Republic of China mentality.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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The concepts feel half-formed at best, disconnected from Joan/Jo’s story.—
Jen Yamato,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Yet, if true that Iran has laid mines in the Strait, that would turn a temporary blockade into something even harder to undo.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Texas was undone by a ninth-inning collapse in a 9-8 loss to Ole Miss at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Friday night.—
Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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After the Space Shuttle Explorer is struck by debris, she's flung into space on the shuttle's arm, forced to uncouple herself or face being pulled even further into the void.—
Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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As things stand, Senate GOP leadership doesn’t plan to uncouple the DHS bill from the other five government funding bills, which have wide support.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Galaxies will dissociate due to gravitational interactions, ejecting all masses and leaving only supermassive black holes behind.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Feb. 2026
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Time to dissociate under a blanket.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Unhook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhook. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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