verb
- removing harness or equipment from an animal, especially a horse
- freeing from restraint or control
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The farmer was unharnessing the horses after a long day of plowing.
- She spent several minutes unharnessing the team before leading them to the stable.
- The coach driver began unharnessing the weary animals at the inn.
- After unharnessing the oxen, he let them graze in the pasture.
- The revolution was about unharnessing the people from oppressive rule.
- They focused on unharnessing creativity from traditional constraints.