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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive, informal) To recover (a person etc.) who has been kidnapped..
Reeve doesn't care about Hannah. thought Janie. This is about me. He's trying to unkidnap me. Trying to pay my ransom.
“We're trying to unkidnap . . . rescue her grandmother! You know, the Snow Queen?”
Use unkidnap when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unkidnap means (transitive, informal) To recover (a person etc.) who has been kidnapped..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Reeve doesn't care about Hannah. thought Janie. This is about me. He's trying to unkidnap me. Trying to pay my ransom.
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