uncage

verb — 2 senses

uncage

verb

/ʌnˈkeɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology From un- + cage.

1

To take out of or release from a cage.

  • At about eleven, we uncaged our pigeons, who flew away into the sapphire sky that hung like a sail from the white peaks.1927, Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Gay-Neck, the Story of a Pigeon, E.P. Dutton & Co., page 33:
2

Broadly To unleash; to remove from restraints.

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