"unhold" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1857, William Maginn, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, Miscellaneous Writings of the Late Dr. Maginn, volume 5, page 37:",
          "text": "The unrefuted accusation had also been a libel on yourselves, whose great intelligence has unholden Maga in so unprecedented a degree, and who monthly devour the astonishing number of six and thirty thousand of her copies.",
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          "text": "For each man has the same problem — women — how to hold them when you want to hold them — how to unhold them when you want to unhold.",
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          "text": "I unheld my ears. It wasn't all that yucky.",
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          "ref": "2016, Manita Bajaj, Bharat Bhushan Bassan, Appraisals of the Soul: Musings of the Heart:",
          "text": "Say the love, create the romance, fizz out the anger or walk away the way your heart wishes... Life is simple as we listen daily but only when we un-hold the load... Everything is changing around you and you also can't escape the change.",
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        "To unhand, release from one's grasp, let go of."
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          "let go",
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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:",
          "text": "Scroll to Hold, and press the trackball. Your call is now on hold. Follow these steps to unhold your call: […]",
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        "To unhand, release from one's grasp, let go of."
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