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Third Person
uncouples
Present Participle
uncoupling
Past Tense
uncoupled
Past Participle
uncoupled
1
to disconnect two railway cars or a car from the locomotive
- The crew had to uncouple the last two cars for maintenance.
- They needed to uncouple the engine to perform repairs on it.
- The workers uncoupled the dining car before sending the rest of the train to the yard.
- He used the lever to uncouple the freight car from the rest of the train.
- She signaled the conductor to uncouple the caboose from the main train.
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