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unhook - definition and meaning
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
transitive verb transitive verb
from The Century Dictionary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
transitive verb
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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
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Wherever, because then I’ll be able to unhook from the rail system and drive the rest of the way on roads.
duh pookie 2008
Wherever, because then I’ll be able to unhook from the rail system and drive the rest of the way on roads.
duh pookie 2008
Now, in "Working with You Is Killing Me", readers learn how to "unhook " from these emotional pitfalls and gain valuable strategies for confronting workplace conflicts in a healthy, productive way.
Humour Maxine 2009
The point isn't to improve your thoughts and feelings, or stamp out negative ones, so much as to "unhook " from them; to stop being a puppet they jerk around.
This column will change your life: Power to the people… or not 2010
Now, in "Working with You Is Killing Me", readers learn how to "unhook " from these emotional pitfalls and gain valuable strategies for confronting workplace conflicts in a healthy, productive way.
Communication Maxine 2007
Upon arrival at a fire, the men would unhook the horses and send them out of danger; the horses were covered with blankets to keep them warm or to keep them from being burned by embers from the fire; and the department dog would stay with the horses and keep them calm and in place.
Kate Kelly: NYC Fire Museum: A Hidden Gem Kate Kelly 2011
Upon arrival at a fire, the men would unhook the horses and send them out of danger; the horses were covered with blankets to keep them warm or to keep them from being burned by embers from the fire; and the department dog would stay with the horses and keep them calm and in place.
Kate Kelly: NYC Fire Museum: A Hidden Gem Kate Kelly 2011
I unhook my ascender and switch over to a descender, not really ready to leave, to drop through the branches and return to the ground, and in this moment of readjustment, of powering my body down and trying to memorize the view, I recognize the feeling.
Taking Tree-Hugging to New Heights Benjamin Percy 2010
Wednesday, they sent a tank to unhook the Plow from the tree.
Babies Terence Cannon 2011
Upon arrival at a fire, the men would unhook the horses and send them out of danger; the horses were covered with blankets to keep them warm or to keep them from being burned by embers from the fire; and the department dog would stay with the horses and keep them calm and in place.
Kate Kelly: NYC Fire Museum: A Hidden Gem Kate Kelly 2011
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