delink

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ link.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈlɪŋk/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Verb

delink (third-person singular simple present delinks, present participle delinking, simple past and past participle delinked)

  1. (transitive) To unlink, or remove a link from.
  2. (transitive, MLE, slang) To discontinue meeting or maintaining social relations with, to disassociate from.
    • 2008, “Hungry” (track 3), in Chip (lyrics), Guess Who?[1]:
      I live my life at 140
      Get money and fast flow just taught me
      Keep pushing, soon they'll support me
      Until then
      Same paper, same pen
      Me, I'm tryna make ends
      And delink all my fake friends

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