unravel
verb (used with object)
to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.).
had unravelled
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past perfectof unravel.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The Romanian EU affairs minister, George Ciamba, whose country holds the rolling presidency of the council of the EU and organises the summits and meetings, suggested the Speaker’s move had unravelled the strategy.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2019
Bahn measured it once he had unravelled it on the hospital floor.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2018
It looked as though Zhang had unravelled, but she’s pulled it all back together without fuss, and suddenly Halep is in serious trouble here.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2016
By late 2013, Karimova's business empire had unravelled.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2014
So, though for one moment I thought I had unravelled the tangle, the next made it even more complicated than before.
From The Red Symbol by John Ironside
