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un⋅glue

  [uhn-gloo]
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–verb (used with object), -glued, -glu⋅ing.
1. to separate or detach by or as if by overcoming an adhesive agent: to unglue a sticker from a wall.
2. Slang.
a. to confuse or upset: He was unglued by his opponent's superb defense.
b. to cause to fail or lose effectiveness.
Origin:
1540–50; un- 2 + glue
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un·glue   (ŭn-glōō')   
tr.v.   un·glued, un·glu·ing, un·glues
To separate by or as if by dissolving a glue or other adhesive.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

unglue 
1548, from un- (2) + glue (v.). Unglued in fig. sense is recorded from 1922.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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