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unglue


verb (used with object), un·glued, un·glu·ing.

  1. to separate or detach by or as if by overcoming an adhesive agent: to unglue a sticker from a wall.
  2. Slang.
    1. to confuse or upset: He was unglued by his opponent’s superb defense.
    2. to cause to fail or lose effectiveness.

v.1540s, from un- (2) “opposite of” + glue (v.). Related: Unglued; ungluing. Unglued in figurative sense is recorded from 1922.

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