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Unclasp

verb
1.
Release from a clasp.






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"Unclasp" Quotes from Famous Books



... from him, but her little hands were so tightly locked at the back of his neck that it was no easy task to unclasp them. ...
— His Heart's Queen • Mrs. Georgie Sheldon

... own hands in the same way, crowd around the post and touch it with the clasped hands. The one who is It counts ten, whereupon the players all run, the one who is It trying to tag any of them. None of the players may unclasp their hands until they are tagged, whereupon they are prisoners and clasp hands with It, forming a line which thereafter is the tagging line, though only the original It may tag the other players. The game is ...
— Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium • Jessie H. Bancroft

... clasped, but not locked, although there was a lock, and Jerrie thought involuntarily of the little key lying with the other articles on the dead woman's person. To unclasp the bag required a little strength, for the steel was covered with rust; but it yielded at last to Jerrie's strong fingers; and the bag came open, disclosing first some square object carefully wrapped in a silk handkerchief ...
— Tracy Park • Mary Jane Holmes



Words linked to "Unclasp" :   relinquish, let go, release, clasp, let go of



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