unhook

[ uhn-hoo k ]

/ ʌnˈhʊk /

to detach by or as if by releasing a hook: to unhook a tractor from a trailer.

to unfasten or open by undoing a hook or hooks: to unhook a door; to unhook a corset.

to become unhooked.

Origin of unhook

First recorded in 1605–15; un-² + hook¹

unhinged, unhip, unhitch, unholy, unhood, unhook, unhoped, unhoped-for, unhorse, unhouse, unhouseled

A new smart bra from a Japanese company claims to only unhook when it detects a woman is in love.

This ‘True Love Tester’ Bra Misses What Women Really Want—Then Insults Them |Emily Shire |January 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Loosen collar, waist bands, and unhook corset, or cut the laces behind.

The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) |Various
It is evidently to mobilize certain of these atoms, to unhook them from the wall and put them in swing.

The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method |Henri Poincar
The apprentice ran to unhook the one that hung over the kitchen sink, and handed it to her.

The Magic World |Edith Nesbit

The weight of the bird's body above hooks the toes around the branch, and there they stay until the bird wishes to unhook them.

Among the Farmyard People |Clara Dillingham Pierson
Lift him out, unhook him David and bait again; no, the worm will do.

Twenty-Six Years Reminiscences of Scotch Grouse Moors |William Alexander Adams

unhook

/ (ʌnˈhʊk) /

(tr) to remove (something) from a hook

(tr) to unfasten the hook of (a dress, etc)

(intr) to become unfastened or be capable of unfastening the dress wouldn't unhook