See untongue on Wiktionary
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"text": "Especially he ought to untongue it from talking to his prejudice",
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"ref": "1913, Grace Denio Litchfield, Collected Poems, page 212:",
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"ref": "2016, Marvel Comics, Power Pack Classic Vol. 1:",
"text": "Unhand me-- er, untongue me, vile monster!",
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"ref": "2018, Dennis Hopeless, John Barber, Doctor Strange Vol. 5:",
"text": "What?! Hey! Untongue me!",
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"ref": "2018, Star Wars: Last Shot: A Han and Lando Novel:",
"text": "\"Well, tell it to untongue me! \" Han demanded.",
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"ref": "2013, Simon Jarvis, Night Office:",
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"ref": "2023, Danger Slater, Alex Woodroe, House of Rot, page 33:",
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"(nonce word) Something that is not a tongue but which does something one associates with a tongue."
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"text": "What?! Hey! Untongue me!",
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