unbind
verb (used with object)
to release from bonds or restraint, as a prisoner; free.
had unbound
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past perfectof unbind.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The guards had unbound Ylia's fetters on the barge, knowing she could never swim for safety in the waters of the River of Ice.
From Quest of the Golden Ape by Randall Garrett
Even while she spoke, Trot was busy with the knots in the cords, and presently she had unbound Tiggle, who soon got upon his feet.
From Sky Island: being the further exciting adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after their visit to the sea fairies by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The man who had been left free, had unbound some of them; but his work was not yet complete, and several of them were still tied to the trees.
From The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
The lieutenant, complying with my request, had unbound the wallet and was flirting out its contents in fan-like fashion like a hand of cards.
From The Firefly of France by Marion Polk Angellotti
With that he had unbound his hands; and Sir Gawain said: "Of physician have I no need."
From The Romance of Morien by Jessie Laidlay Weston
