transitive verb
-·pled, -·pling- to release (dogs) from being leashed together in couples
- to unfasten (things coupled); disconnect
to become unfastened
uncouple
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uncouple
verb
un·cou·pled, un·cou·pling, un·cou·plesverb
transitive- To disconnect: uncouple railroad cars.
- To set loose or release from a couple.
verb
intransitiveTo come or break loose.
Related Forms:
- un·cou′pler
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present uncouples, present participle uncoupling, simple past and past participle uncoupled)
- To disconnect or detach one thing from another.
- To come loose.
- To loose, as dogs, from their couples.
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