unhitch

Example Sentences

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“All of the sudden you’re on a nice track and then next thing you know you’re in snow above your waist and you have to unhitch the snowmobile,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2018

He grew numb from the cold, began slurring his speech and decided to unhitch his trailer and drive to a service station.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2017

Others are not that lucky: In some cases, according to Mr. Claburn, the repo agents just unhitch the trailer where they find it and drive away.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2016

Then he would unhitch the lower block, attach it above his head and repeat the whole procedure.

From Time Magazine Archive

Said he: “Two men are here—two strangers, Menelaos, but nobly born Akhaians, they appear. What do you say, shall we unhitch their team, or send them on to someone free to receive them?”

From "The Odyssey" by Homer