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un⋅hook

[uhn-hook]
–verb (used with object)
1. to detach by or as if by releasing a hook: to unhook a tractor from a trailer.
2. to unfasten or open by undoing a hook or hooks: to unhook a door; to unhook a corset.
–verb (used without object)
3. to become unhooked.

Origin:
1605–15; un- 2 + hook 1
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un·hook   (ŭn-hŏŏk')   
tr.v.   un·hooked, un·hook·ing, un·hooks
  1. To release or remove from or as if from a hook.

  2. To unfasten the hooks of.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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