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

The cart ambled on for a minute but then stopped, and I heard the driver unhitch the mule.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff