"unhandcuff" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: unhandcuffs [present, singular, third-person], unhandcuffing [participle, present], unhandcuffed [participle, past], unhandcuffed [past]
Etymology: un- + handcuff Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|handcuff}} un- + handcuff Head templates: {{en-verb}} unhandcuff (third-person singular simple present unhandcuffs, present participle unhandcuffing, simple past and past participle unhandcuffed)
  1. (transitive) To remove handcuffs from. Tags: transitive Synonyms: uncuff
    Sense id: en-unhandcuff-en-verb-2bRBNoMR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

Inflected forms

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