as in to free
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
uncaged the bird and let it fly away
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Recent Examples of uncage
With the help of the wise and mysterious maid Willie May (Latifah) and a stubborn new girl in school played by Mills, the boy must decide whether to set the tiger free and in turn uncage his emotional grief.
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2019
Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncage
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If half of your life is intolerable, simply free yourself from it.Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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In the initial wave, hundreds of Palestinian women and children currently held in Israeli prisons will be freed.Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
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One has since been released from custody, and the other was returned to jail.Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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The traffic alert was released Friday at 4:05 a.m., and the last update regarding this incident was released on Friday at 4:08 a.m.Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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More than 100 or so students and volunteers searched the ground for the footprints, then liberated them with brushes.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
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Unlike technology companies that work to ensnare (and monetize) our attention, Foreman entrapped our bodies only to liberate our minds.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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These can be necessary when a person is stranded after evacuation and must wait to be rescued.Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Thousands of them, on average 17 a day, die without having had the opportunity to be rescued.Allan Chernoff, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2025
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The program allows for state income tax exemption for five years, offering investors in big projects to save up to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year per project in property tax savings.Alexandra Berzon, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Follow Chinese tradition and save some leftovers for the following day as a symbol of bringing surplus into the new year.Megan Zhang, Saveur, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Uncage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncage. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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