unpin

[ uhn-pin ]
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verb (used with object),un·pinned, un·pin·ning.
  1. to remove pins from.

  2. to unfasten or loosen by or as if by removing a pin; detach.

Origin of unpin

1
1300–50; Middle English unpynnen to unbolt; see un-2, pin

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British Dictionary definitions for unpin

unpin

/ (ʌnˈpɪn) /


verb-pins, -pinning or -pinned (tr)
  1. to remove a pin or pins from

  2. to unfasten by removing pins

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