unsnag

[ uhn-snag ]

verb (used with object)

, un·snagged, un·snag·ging.

1. to free from being caught on something.
2. to remove an obstacle or impediment from.

Example Sentences

For the kids of Lake Volta, who are required to dive and unsnag nets from the murky lake bottom, it can and often does prove fatal.

From Time

Old Pebble is a kind of mythic Nature Boy who can chant his weary men through a rough gorge or leap into the treacherous waters to unsnag the towline and break surface with it like a trout.

From Time Magazine Archive