unhook
verb (used with object)
to detach by or as if by releasing a hook.
had unhooked
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past perfectof unhook.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Whoever had unhooked Walmart’s glass sliding doors from their tracks hadn’t done a good job of finding a safe place to store them.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
Although it was so far away, Jody knew he had unhooked the check-rein, for the horse’s head dropped forward.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
When they were alone, Palmer sent his valet away and fussed about impatiently until Susan's maid had unhooked her dress and had got her ready for bed.
From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by David Graham Phillips
One of the tackles had unhooked, through a heavy sea lifting the boat, and the men had jumped into her to secure it, when another sea dashed her to pieces.
From The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth by Edward Osler
He had unhooked an insulated copper wire that led to his outside aerial.
From The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery by Allen Chapman
