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unbuckle

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un⋅buck⋅le

  [uhn-buhk-uhl] verb, -led, -ling.
Use unbuckle in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to unfasten the buckle or buckles of.
–verb (used without object)
2. to undo a buckle.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME unboclen. See un- 2 , buckle
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un·buck·le   (ŭn-bŭk'əl)   
v.   un·buck·led, un·buck·ling, un·buck·les

v.   tr.
To loosen or undo the buckle or buckles of.
v.   intr.

  1. To undo buckles.

  2. Informal To relax.

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Word Origin & History

unbuckle 
c.1386, from un- (2) + buckle (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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