unbar
verb (used with object)
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt.
had unbarred
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past perfectof unbar.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But, had he known it, these had unbarred the portals of his mind to the reception of the new ideas which, under a most powerful stimulus, were now flowing so steadily through them.
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
I asked, when I had unbarred the shutters.
From Dross by Henry Seton Merriman
By the time he had unbarred and opened, Mr Benny and Fancy had taken their departure; but their "good-nights" rang back to him, up the moonlit road, and his friend stood on the threshold.
From Hocken and Hunken by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
It happened that one morning, when he had unbarred the front door to go out, he found a great difficulty in opening it, caused by a heavy object having been fastened to the door-handle.
From A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
The Young Hours had unbarred for her the Gates of Day, and she at once sallied forth.
From The Story of a Dewdrop by John R. (John Ross) Macduff
