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uncap

[ uhn-kap ]

verb (used with object)

uncapped, uncapping.
  1. to remove a cap or cover from (a bottle, container, etc.).
  2. to free from limits or restrictions:

    The union is demanding that cost-of-living allowances be uncapped.

  3. to remove a cap or hat from (the head of a person).


verb (used without object)

uncapped, uncapping.
  1. to remove the cap or hat from the head, as in respect.

uncap

/ ÊŒ²Ôˈ°ìæ±è /

verb

  1. tr to remove a cap or top from (a container)

    to uncap a bottle

  2. to remove a cap from (the head)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of uncap1

First recorded in 1560–70; un- 2 + cap 1
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Californians would love it if Kamala Harris stole former President Trump’s idea to uncap the state and local tax deduction.

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This would make Musk one of the leading Republican megadonors and uncap his influence on the party.

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Yet, even as extreme heat dries up more aquifers and wells and leaves more people thirsty, luxury water has become fashionable among the world’s privileged, who uncap and taste it like fine wine.

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“Love / as i live it,†she writes in the title poem, “seems more like mercurochrome / than anything else / i can conjure up. it looks so pretty and red, / and smells of a balmy / coolness when you uncap the little applicator. / but swab it on an / open sore and you nearly die under the stabbing / burn.â€

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Or maybe you have already caught “Corsicana,†in which she seems to unseal her character’s soul as casually as you or I uncap a beer.

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