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"ref": "2016, Manita Bajaj, Bharat Bhushan Bassan, Appraisals of the Soul: Musings of the Heart",
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"(transitive) To unhand, release from one's grasp, let go of."
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"ref": "2009, Dante Sarigumba, Robert Kao, BlackBerry Bold For Dummies, page 120",
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