uncouple
verb (used with object)
to release the coupling or link between; disconnect; let go.
was uncoupling
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past progressiveof uncouple.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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McGrath's fireman was uncoupling the engine from the Rosemary, and Mr. Somerville Darrah, complacently lighting his after breakfast cigar, came across to the hissing ember fire.
From A Fool for Love by Francis Lynde
