unslipv.
1. transitive. To let slip, set free.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > hunt with hounds [verb (transitive)] > release hounds
uncouplec1330
to let slip1530
to cast off1602
decouple1602
unslip1611
slipa1616
unleash1671
to throw off1686
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > free from restraint > the lips, tongue, or heart
unspen?c1225
loosec1390
unseala1586
loosen1645
unslip1802
unloosen1845
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Sguinzagliare, to vncouple, to vnslip, to let goe as Spaniels.
1802 T. S. Surr Splendid Misery III. x. 215 'Tis not the sudden impulse of a fleeting passion that has unslipped from caution's trammel a rebellious tongue.
1846 J. G. Whittier To Southern Statesman 6 When thy eager hand With game afoot, unslipped the hungry pack To hunt down Freedom in her chosen land.
2. To slip back.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc. > unlock, unbolt, etc. > draw (a bolt)
drawa1500
slot1695
undraw1791
unslip1892
shoot1894
1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. 125 [He] went downstairs, [and] unslipped the bolt of the big lock.
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