to unhook

Examples

• All

• We're free now I just need to unhook anything that's on the bottom, so I'm going to gently remove little dude.

• OK, let's unhook it from here, see what we've got going on.

• I can get this in there and then we unhook it.

  Double Eagle Ranch (2018)

• You just need to unhook it from the batteries.

  Kara and Nate

• Verne, I told you to unhook the chain.

  Over the Hedge (2006)

• Ross got to the door, unhooked the chain from the inside.

  Bullitt (1968)

• We unhooked her from the machines this morning.

  The Descendants (2011)

• Golan stopped the car in a cloud of dust and unhooked his seat belt.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Rachel takes it off its mount carefully, unhooks the scabbard, and begins to slide it off.

  Fiction book (1992)

• He carefully unhooked the fishing line from the catch before putting the rod down.

Synonyms

D

to disconnect

vsto unhook

161 3.5

To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power

is limited to physically taking something off a small hooked fastening rather than cutting services

D

to disengage

vsto unhook

82 5.3

To stop being part of or connected to something

is about physically removing an item from a small hooked fastening rather than ending involvement

P

to pull off

vsto unhook

41 2.7

To take something off from where it is attached

is similar but implies careful release from a small curved fastening rather than forceful pull

U

to undo

vsto unhook

21 1.3

Unfasten something that is tied or fastened

is about detaching from a small hooked fastening rather than untying or unwrapping

D

to detach

vsto unhook

16 4.0

To come apart from something it is connected to

is usually a deliberate action removing an item from a small curved fastening

U

to unfasten

vsto unhook

5 3.4

To open something by undoing a button or zipper

is specifically about removing from a small hooked fastening rather than any fastener

U

to uncouple

vsto unhook

5 5.3

To disconnect two things that are joined, often machine parts

focuses on removing a single item from a small hooked fastening rather than separating machines

U

to unhitch

vsto unhook

4 5.7

To take off something that is attached to another thing, like a trailer or bicycle

is used for taking items off a small curved fastening rather than vehicle links

U

to unbind

vsto unhook

3 6.4

To free something by untying ropes or cords

applies to removing items from a curved catch rather than cutting or untying

U

to unclasp

vsto unhook

3 5.6

To open something held closed by a small metal catch or let go of something you were holding

removes items from a simple curved fastening rather than opening ornamental closures

U

to unattach

vsto unhook

1 6.1

To separate something from what it is connected to

is more specific, focusing on removal from a small hooked fastening

U

to unhook the latch

vsto unhook

1 5.0

To open a gate or window by taking off the small catch that holds it closed

is focused on detaching items from that same small curved fastening

U

to unfix

vsto unhook

6.8

Take something off a wall or surface

is narrower, aimed at undoing a hooked fastening rather than shifting fixed parts

Antonyms

A

to attach

459 2.5

To join or fasten one thing to another so they stay together

H

to hook

290 1.0

To fasten or attach something using a curved tool, for example to catch fish

Phrasal Verbs

U

to unhook the latch

1 5.0

To open a gate or window by taking off the small catch that holds it closed

How Completely

to decommission

• Formal

22 6.5

to dismantle

64 4.2

to take down

46 3.0

to remove

∞ 1.5

to unhook

35 2.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology