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unpin

[uhn-pin]

verb (used with object), -pinned, -pin·ning.

to remove pins from.

to unfasten or loosen by or as if by removing a pin; detach.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English unpynnen to unbolt; see un-², pin

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unpin (ʌnˈpɪn)

—vb , -pins, -pinning, -pinned
1.	to remove a pin or pins from
2.	to unfasten by removing pins

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