What is "unhooked"

Usage examples of "unhooked".

Just now she needed cuddling, needed the physical comfort of his presence, so she didn't protest when he unbuttoned her sleeveless blouse and unhooked the front closure of her bra, pushing it aside.

Take this bomb: if he took out the safety bar, unhooked the proximity circuit, shorted the delay circuit, and cut in the arming circuit by hand - then unscrewed that and reached in there, he could, with just a long, stiff wire, set the bomb off.

Dave stepped over Lefty's body, but Magee kneeled down, unhooked a truncheon from the guard's belt, and cracked him behind the ear with it.

So I frantically dug into my pocket, broke a nail getting my knife open-and jabbed through and unhooked it just in time to jump out of the way as Pete hit the screen like a stunt motorcyclist hitting a fence.

I tore open the right-hand door, unhooked from its inside the earpieces and bakelite-bonded transmitting key, leads from both of which led to the back of the set, clapped the earphones to my head and set the key on the table.

He followed me down below--he was lucky--Lieutenant Sims, your officer on deck, was taking star sights up on the bridge and the control room was empty--and he unhooked the latch but left the hatch cover in a standing position.

He called for power on the broadcast circuit, unhooked a microphone, and spoke in a calm, clear, strong voice: it was an amazing exhibition in self-control, the triumph of a mind over agonized lungs still starving for air.

Carpenter fastidiously adjusted the right-hand seat's back rest until it was exactly right for him, manoeuvred his parachute to its position of maximum comfort, fastened his seat-belt, unhooked and adjusted on his head a combined earphones and microphone set and made a switch.

Instead he unhooked her legs from around his waist and let her slide to the floor.

She unhooked it and pushed the straps down, so that this garment too dropped to the floor at her feet.

Then she had unhooked that plain, serviceable white bra and removed it, and her breasts had taken his breath.

Grace said, taking another chair and watching as he swiftly unhooked the other desktop's electrical umbilical cords from power port and modem, and plugged in hers.

Diaz unhooked his seat belt, got out, and walked away without a word of good-bye or a hint of when he would turn up next.

She was down to her underwear and she unhooked her bra and dropped it on the bed, then skimmed out of her panties.

He unhooked the radio and called for backup, giving a description of the car and its registration number.