What does unhitch mean?
Unhitch means To disconnect; to detach; to undo that which is hitched..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
To disconnect; to detach; to undo that which is hitched..
There is no knowing what further mischief she might have done, had not York promptly sat himself down flat on her head, to prevent her struggling, at the same time calling out, "Unbuckle the black horse! run for the winch and unscrew the carriage pole; cut the trace here—somebody, if you can't unhitch it."
Yet had the whole train and all its bombs gone, had the engine crew merely jumped from the train and run as simple self-preservation would have suggested, or unhitched just the engine to make their escape faster, the whole town would have gone and most of the people with it, leaving just a smoking wasteland. Hundreds would have died.
Use unhitch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unhitch means To disconnect; to detach; to undo that which is hitched..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include hitch, catch.
There is no knowing what further mischief she might have done, had not York promptly sat himself down flat on her head, to prevent her struggling, at the same time calling out, "Unbuckle the black horse! run for the winch and unscrew the carriage pole; cut the trace here—somebody, if you can't unhitch it."
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