Unhitch

verb

verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To disconnect; to detach; to undo that which is hitched.

    "There is no knowing what further mischief she might have done, had not York promptly sat himself down flat on her head, to prevent her struggling, at the same time calling out, "Unbuckle the black horse! run for the winch and unscrew the carriage pole; cut the trace here—somebody, if you can't unhitch it.""

  2. 2
    unfasten or release from or as if from a hitch wordnet

Synonyms

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disconnect

Example

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"There is no knowing what further mischief she might have done, had not York promptly sat himself down flat on her head, to prevent her struggling, at the same time calling out, "Unbuckle the black horse! run for the winch and unscrew the carriage pole; cut the trace here—somebody, if you can't unhitch it.""

Etymology

From un- + hitch.

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