unlock
verb (used with object)
to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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I turn to the door of the apartment nearest the back stairs, to pretend I am unlocking it.
From "Persons Unknown" by Virginia Tracy