Definition of "unhitching" [unhitching]

• Present participle of unhitch. (verb)

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• "The victorious passengers, seeing that the smashed up carriage could be of no further use to them, quickly conceived the idea of unhitching and attempting further pursuit on horseback."
• "My guess is that none of your political parties have yet discovered the short-term benefits of unhitching their rhetoric from reality."
• ""It's all right," she greeted him, coming out to the barn where he was unhitching a tired but fractious colt."