Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To release from a hitch.
- transitive verb To unfasten or disconnect.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To disengage from a hitch or fastening; set free; unfasten: as, to
unhitch a horse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; to unfasten; to loose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
disconnect ; todetach ; to undo that which ishitched .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb unfasten or release from or as if from a hitch
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Examples
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By the time I had gone far enough I was sure I was lost, I did unhitch from the sled and got on Dan, a little bronco that was pretty smart.
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By the time I had gone far enough I was sure I was lost, I did unhitch from the sled and got on Dan, a little bronco that was pretty smart.
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We assumed it was designed to work like a drive-thru for automobiles: Place order, pay, get food, all without having to unhitch the spray skirts.
Victoria, By Sea Matt Villano 2011
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"I'll unhitch and get the water so we can start cooking."
A DAY'S LODGING 2010
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"They did not give me time to unhitch my oxen," he said.
Yaqui in exile: the grim history of Mexico's San Marcos train station 2009
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"They did not give me time to unhitch my oxen," he said.
Yaqui in exile: the grim history of Mexico's San Marcos train station 2009
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Before the agents could stuff their quarry through the carriage door, the crowd had closed in, threatening to unhitch their horses or begin throwing stones.
Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010
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Blame, attack, fear and greed ... we had better be quick to unhitch these mistakes and their consequences.
Julie Newmar: A Gothic Bacchanal Julie Newmar 2010
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Blame, attack, fear and greed ... we had better be quick to unhitch these mistakes and their consequences.
Julie Newmar: A Gothic Bacchanal Julie Newmar 2010
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She could not unhitch Miller, however, and when they arrived to the climb for the final time, the Cal Giant rider attacked early and took a 12-second gap over the top.
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