unhoist

un- +‎ hoist

unhoist (third-person singular simple present unhoists, present participle unhoisting, simple past and past participle unhoisted)

1. (transitive) To bring back down (something previously hoisted).
   • 1973, Robin Fox, Encounter With Anthropology, page 13:

     But before we can pursue the mystery we must unhoist ourselves from our own petard.

   • 2001, Mohammed Ali Bakari, The Democratisation Process in Zanzibar: A Retarded Transition, page 184:

     At a time when multipartyism had already been legalised, the people were instructed by the police to unhoist their flag at Shumba Mjini and other places.