unhitch

[ uhn-hich ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to free from attachment; unfasten: to unhitch a locomotive from a train.

verb (used without object)
  1. to become uncoupled or unfastened.

Origin of unhitch

1
First recorded in 1615–25; un-2 + hitch1

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How to use unhitch in a sentence

  • We tried unhitching the teams from the Cape carts and hitching them to the waggon, but we only succeeded in breaking harness.

    The Relief of Mafeking | Filson Young
  • The Rector went to it and unhitching a clean surplice laid it across his arm.

    The Adventures of Harry Revel | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • He thought of unhitching the dogs and of clinging to the main draw rope as he raced away to his friends for aid.

    On the Yukon Trail | Roy J. Snell
  • On his way back, and as he was unhitching the horse, he heard voices in the road which ran near the grove.

    Rodney, the Ranger | John V. Lane
  • The father, who was unhitching his horses, hastily got them into the log barn.

    Strange Stories of the Great Valley | Abbie Johnston Grosvenor