unhitch

How to use unhitch in a sentence

I took a good gap and a stretch, and was just going to unhitch and start when I heard a sound away over the water.

Among others Slavin sauntered up good-naturedly, making himself agreeable to Sandy and those who were helping to unhitch his team.

BLACK ROCKRALPH CONNOR

While the water was heating, Mrs. Vernon showed the girls how to hitch and unhitch Hepsy.

First let me unhitch him, I cried, seizing the spirited beast by the bridle.

Frenzied fingers unhitch the poor frozen brute and drag it from the water.

THE TRAIL OF '98ROBERT W. SERVICE

A gaunt, rough-looking man with a week's stubble of red beard on his chin, was beginning to unhitch.

He wondered if he had not better unhitch and let the horse carry them both, abandoning the buckboard to its fate on the road.

Harnessed and hitched, but soon received orders to unhitch and get fodder enough to feed all day.

Horses balky and unused to work, had to unhitch one and returned with but little drill.

The pony ran toward it on a gallop, and as soon as we could unhitch the others they joined her.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985