unmuzzle
Americanverb (used with object)
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to remove a muzzle from (a dog, cat, etc.).
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to free from restraint, as speech or expression.
verb
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to take the muzzle off (a dog, etc)
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to free from control or censorship
Etymology
Origin of unmuzzle
Example Sentences
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Perhaps it is time to unmuzzle the staffs and encourage them to share their own lived, individual experiences.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2020
They think the old man will be well enough to unmuzzle before noon, but he's been acting like a bad case of dog-days all morning.
From At Good Old Siwash by Fitch, George
Above the clamor and the fighting could be heard Carew's strident voice demanding his beaker, pouring unimaginable anathemas against any one who should do it damage, and threatening to unmuzzle and bring in his bear.
From Bred in the Bone by Payn, James
Ah!" he said, "you unmuzzle me at last.
From The Meaning of Good—A Dialogue by Dickinson, G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes)
They represent "a bridle without a bit," in order to tell us the purpose of the Plate is to unmuzzle Bacon, and to reveal to us his authorship of the plays known as Shakespeare's.
From Bacon is Shake-Speare by Durning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin
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