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to unshackle
verb
To remove shackles from someone or something.
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And who wouldn't want to unshackle themselves?
He is here to unshackle the hands of our protectors.
He is determined to unshackle his country from reliance on aid.
Hinduism actively encouraged research into yoga, so what is there to unshackle?
Why then are China's most senior leaders willing to unshackle private businesses?
There, the guard was able to unshackle him, and the two men were able to escape together.
"It is to unshackle the paintings and sculptures from the weight of art history," Mr Stephens said.
But in "JFK," the trial was portrayed as a heroic effort to unshackle the truth from government clutches.
Jack Ma, Alibaba's feisty boss (pictured), has been keen to unshackle his company from Yahoo! so that it can pursue a stockmarket flotation.
Minority stakeholders in Magna International, a maker of auto parts, paid its chairman a dear $1 billion to unshackle the dual-share structure last year.
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Since then, the vice president has often used a similar metaphor to describe the need to 'unshackle' the middle class.
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