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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Press the handle in and detach the blending arm for cleaning.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Hamm, meanwhile, described himself as remarkably detached from his own belongings.—
Ryan Brennan
April 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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If time permits, disconnect utilities and appliances.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Bee reached out to the restaurant for comment, but the number had been disconnected.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
April 3,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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As the oil settled, centuries of growth were undone.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Colorado could opt to undo its Medicaid expansion, which opened coverage to adults without children who earn up to 138% of the poverty line starting in 2014, said Chris Stiffler, a senior economist at the liberal-leaning Colorado Fiscal Institute.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 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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Some studies suggest people may seek out social media to dissociate—mindlessly scrolling purely to give their brain a break.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
24 Mar. 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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“Unhook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhook. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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