Unhook
verb (used with object)
1.
to detach by or as if by releasing a hook:
to unhook a tractor from a trailer.
2.
to unfasten or open by undoing a hook or hooks:
to unhook a door; to unhook a corset.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become unhooked.
verb
1.
(transitive) to remove (something) from a hook
2.
(transitive) to unfasten the hook of (a dress, etc)
3.
(intransitive) to become unfastened or be capable of unfastening: the dress wouldn’t unhook
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