uncaged
[uhn-keyjd]
- not confined in a cage.
- free or set free from confinement or restraint: the uncaged spirit of a freethinker.
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Origin of uncaged
uncage
[uhn-keyj]
- to set free from or as if from a cage; free from confinement or restraint.
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Origin of uncage
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relaxed, sloppy, lax, easy, baggy, detached, parole, rescue, pardon, clear, relieve, extricate, acquit, release, discharge, dismiss, save, limp, hanging, escapedExamples from the Web for uncaged
Contemporary Examples
But an uncaged tyrant like Saddam demanded a posture at once more nimble and aggressive.
Historical Examples
For ransom and release, she gave her lips unresistingly, and he uncaged her.
The Scarlet FeatherHoughton Townley
And I no more dared glance at Tod than if he had been an uncaged crocodile.
Johnny Ludlow. First SeriesMrs. Henry Wood
And Paula, uncaged at last, came to his heart with a cry, and clung there.
Our Square and the People in ItSamuel Hopkins Adams
There were uncaged winds about; you could hear them whistling among the precipices.
Day and Night StoriesAlgernon Blackwood
Then, that he must be as near the uncaged tiger as human mind and body can be made.
Friday, the ThirteenthThomas W. Lawson
uncaged
- at liberty
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