unbolt
verb (used with object)
to open (a door, window, etc.) by or as if by removing a bolt; unlock; unfasten.
had unbolted
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past perfectof unbolt.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He thought I had unbolted the door, and when he found that I had not, his language became indescribable.
From The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman
Creighton had unbolted it from the floor and some holes in the boards had been plugged up.
From The Social Gangster by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
A moment later an officer knocked at the door, which, in the meantime, Barney had unbolted.
From The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs
He had withdrawn it from the lock, where it happened to be, when he had unbolted the door.
From Facing the Flag by Jules Verne
Bersonin had unbolted it and it gave way before me.
From The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope
