Untag

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove a tag from. transitive

    "In an era, when a stray gripe about your boss can land you on an industry blog, when waking up hung over can frantically send you to Facebook to untag your name from photos of the previous night’s frosting-wrestling contest, when shots of you in unflattering jeans become part of your permanent Google search results, there are signs that some are tired of living their lives on the Web."

  2. 2
    to remove a metadata tag from an internet post wordnet

Synonyms

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detagdetag

Antonyms

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tag

Example

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"In an era, when a stray gripe about your boss can land you on an industry blog, when waking up hung over can frantically send you to Facebook to untag your name from photos of the previous night’s frosting-wrestling contest, when shots of you in unflattering jeans become part of your permanent Google search results, there are signs that some are tired of living their lives on the Web."

Etymology

From un- + tag.

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