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uncage en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ʌnˈkeɪd͡ʒ/
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Etymology

From un- + cage.

Meanings

1. To take out of or release from a cage.
   • At about eleven, we uncaged our pigeons, who flew away into the sapphire sky that hung like a sail from the white peaks. 1927, Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Gay-Neck, the Story of a Pigeon, E.P. Dutton & Co., page 33:
2. (broadly) To unleash; to remove from restraints.

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