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
Hour after hour went over, and in their eager discussion of the complicated intrigue they had unravelled, they lost all recollection of Trover or his absence.
From One Of Them by Charles James Lever
