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
My new book, The Last Ferry Out (out May 20), unhooks the velvet rope into another fascinating clique: a group of expats living on a tiny tropical island off the coast of Cancún.
—Andrea Bartz, People.com, 18 May 2025
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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
My new book, The Last Ferry Out (out May 20), unhooks the velvet rope into another fascinating clique: a group of expats living on a tiny tropical island off the coast of Cancún.
—Andrea Bartz, People.com, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhook
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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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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
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Comfortable without being detached.—
Sponsored Content,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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Businesses that disconnect from societal needs won’t survive the next decade, but those that, whether quietly or publicly, deliver on their commitments—to their people, their communities, and the world—will be the ones that thrive.—
Sona Khosla,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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The emails ask the user to take some kind of action, such as disconnecting or locking their vault.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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Its best efforts to downplay its advantage were undone come qualifying, when Russell and Antonelli locked out the front row.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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On the short walk from the changing rooms to the outdoor saunas — despite banya hats flying off and robes coming undone in the sub-30-degree weather — the sauna-goers were grinning.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
6 Mar. 2026
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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
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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 11 Mar. 2026.
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