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unyoke
[ uhn-yohk ]
verb (used with object)
unyoked, unyoking.
- to free from or as if from a yoke.
- to part or disjoin, as by removing a yoke.
verb (used without object)
Obsolete.
unyoked, unyoking.
- to remove a yoke.
- to cease work.
unyoke
/ ʌˈəʊ /
verb
- to release (an animal, etc) from a yoke
- tr to set free; liberate
- tr to disconnect or separate
- archaic.intr to cease working
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In the chaotic tangle of dust, horseflesh and steel, finding an unexpected advantage was not difficult for those unyoked from scruple.
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More specifically, a female third party, unyoked from ego.
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We are to eat here, he says, and he unyokes the bullocks to water them.
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And though one misses in McKenzie’s choir-boy countenance some of the irascible self-possession of Groff’s performance, the show’s depiction of teenagers with a need to unyoke themselves from adult control remains vibrantly intact.
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As part of Citizens’ unyoking from RBS and its continuing transformation, the lender has been building out its capital- and global-markets offerings.
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