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unhook

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un·hook  (n-hk)
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.

unhook [ʌnˈhʊk]
vb
1. (tr) to remove (something) from a hook
2. (tr) to unfasten the hook of (a dress, etc.)
3. (intr) to become unfastened or be capable of unfastening the dress wouldn't unhook
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.unhookunhook - take off a hook                      
detach - cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"
hook - fasten with a hook
Translations
unhook [ˈʌnˈhʊk] VT
1. (= remove) → desenganchar, descolgar
2. (= undo) [+ garment] → desabrochar

unhook [ˌʌnˈhʊk] vt
(= remove from hook) [+ picture] → décrocher
(= undo) [+ dress] → dégrafer

unhook
vt latch, gateloshaken; dressaufhaken; (= take from hook) pictureabhaken; (= free)losmachen; the dress came unhookeddas Kleid ging auf
visich aufhaken lassen

unhook [ʌnˈhʊk] vt (remove, picture) → staccare; (trailer) → sganciare; (undo, gate) → aprire; (dress) → slacciare
unhook [ʌnˈhʊk] vt (remove, picture) → staccare; (trailer) → sganciare; (undo, gate) → aprire; (dress) → slacciare

unhook
v unhook [anˈhuk]
to take or release (something) from a hook He unhooked the picture from the wall. afhaal van die haak يَفُك، يَنْزَع الخُطّاف откачам sundat z háčku tage ned fra krogen loshaken ξεκρεμώ descolgar, desenganchar lahti haakima از قلاب درآوردن ottaa koukusta décrocher (de) לִפתוֹחַ हुक खोलना otkvačiti leakaszt losa (e-ð) af króki; afkrækja sganciare, staccare はずす 걸쇠에서 떼어내다 nukabinti atāķēt; noāķēt mengambil sst dr cangkuk loshaken hekte av, ta av kroken odhaczyć desenganchar a scoate/a da jos din cârlig/din cui отцеплять zvesiť sneti s kavlja osloboditi sa udice haka (kroka) av ปลดตะขอออก kancasından kurtarmak, çengelini açmak 從鉤子取下 зняти з гака; розстебнути کھونٹي سے اتارنا mở, tháo móc ra ...


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--they unhook the hinges of their wings and put them in a corner until they wake up again.
And Marie sobbed, and gasped for breath, and called Mammy to open the window, and to bring her the camphor-bottle, and to bathe her head, and unhook her dress.
Her uncle's only answer was to lift her up and unhook the new belt of which she was so proud.
 
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