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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
unmuzzle .
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Examples
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At last, Alastair can tell the unvarnished truthOne positive outcome from the departure of Gordon Brown and New Labour from Downing Street must be the unmuzzling of Alastair Campbell, who is now free, presumably, to spill the beans over 13 years at the centre of power.
A literary career or a brilliant, successful one-off? Take your pick 2010
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At length the Prince tired of his game, and unmuzzling the bear he chased the bewildered beast back into the shelter of the woodland.
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At length the Prince tired of his game, and unmuzzling the bear he chased the bewildered beast back into the shelter of the woodlands.
Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918
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The most important result of Lincoln's death was the unmuzzling of his son-in-law, Thomas of Lancaster.
The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Reginald Lane Poole 1892
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Never name sickness; even if you could trust yourself on that perilous topic, beware of unmuzzling a valetudinarian, who will give you enough of it.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson Holmes, Oliver W 1891
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St. Francis 'sermon to the birds, and to feel that feeding either sheep or fowls, or unmuzzling the ox, or keeping the wrens alive in the snow, would be received by their Heavenly Feeder as the _perfect_ fulfillment of His "Feed my sheep" in the higher sense.) [
On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859
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Never name sickness; even if you could trust yourself on that perilous topic, beware of unmuzzling a valetudinarian, who will give you enough of it. "
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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