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unknot
verb[ T ]
uk /ˌʌnˈnɒt/ us /ˌʌnˈnɑːt/
to remove a knot in something:
He wearily unknotted his tie and threw it onto the chair.
The tie had been knotted wrongly, which made it very hard to unknot.
Related word
knotverb
The ball of string had become a huge tangled mass, and I just couldn't unknot it.
If you get really badly tangled hair, in order to unknot it, you need to apply an oil like coconut oil and then wash it, rather than just tugging at it.
They struggled in vain to unknot the cord that was wound tightly around their wrists.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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break something open
breaker
decongestion
gape
let/set something looseidiom
loose
shut (someone) up
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tease
tease something out
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unbolted
unbuckle
unfold
unlace
unlock
unlockable
unpick
unplug
unzip
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