as in to unfasten
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Recent Examples of unhook
There's still a bit of manual work – unhooking latches, adding in ground supports and awning poles, etc., but the heavy lifting is taken care of by pushing a couple buttons.
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New Atlas, 21 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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New Atlas, 21 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
See All Example Sentences for unhook
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhook
Verb
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When the driver's seat belt is unfastened and the vehicle is started, the seat belt warning audible warning may be activated for an insufficient amount of time, making the vehicles noncompliant with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard.—
Olivia Evans,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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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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However, by 1999, both glaciers retreated and the northern tongue of the Alsek Glacier detached from a narrow island, exposing the glacier's terminus to more calving, Pelto noted.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Instead of destroying the molecules (which is what most people thought would happen), the beam caused the hydrogens to detach and the carbons to link up, thereby slowly building up a diamond lattice.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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If time allows, disconnect utilities and appliances.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Sep. 2025
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The announcement did not specify when the business would shutter, but when The Denver Post called on Friday morning, the number had already been disconnected.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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That, in turn, drew a lawsuit from Kairoi, an injunction pausing enforcement of the new statute, and then a vote by the Lakewood City Council to undo the statute.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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Of course, with so many personnel across the agency already gone, some damage can’t be undone, but it will be greatly ameliorated.—
Mike Hirschberg,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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To enable the correction independently of the switching cycles of the movement, a clutch uncouples the hour ring from the jumping numerals mechanism with every actuation of the pusher.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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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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But they are often dissociated from their emotions, struggling with indecision, or living in a constant state of low-level overwhelm.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
4 Aug. 2025
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Our book, The Price of Our Values: The Economic Limits of Moral Life argues that our moral decisions cannot be dissociated from economic considerations.—
HEC Paris Insights,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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“Unhook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhook. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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