unhold

Verb

unhold (third-person singular simple present unholds, present participle unholding, simple past unheld, past participle unheld or unholden)

1. (transitive) To unhand, release from one's grasp, let go of.
   • The unrefuted accusation had also been a libel on yourselves, whose great intelligence has unholden Maga in so unprecedented a degree, and who monthly devour the astonishing number of six and thirty thousand of her copies.1857, William Maginn, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, Miscellaneous Writings of the Late Dr. Maginn, volume 5, page 37
   • For each man has the same problem — women — how to hold them when you want to hold them — how to unhold them when you want to unhold.1997, Sherwood Anderson, Welford Dunaway Taylor, Charles E. Modlin, Southern Odyssey
2. (transitive) To remove from a "hold" or "on hold" state.
   • Scroll to Hold, and press the trackball. Your call is now on hold. Follow these steps to unhold your call: […]2009, Dante Sarigumba, Robert Kao, BlackBerry Bold For Dummies, page 120