unwind
verb (used with object)
to undo or loosen from or as if from a coiled condition.
had unwound
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past perfectof unwind.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In a posting on X, Chanos said that he had unwound his trade last week and banked his profits.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025
More important, I felt as if I had unwound some of the tension in my mind.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
But Meng didn’t volunteer that CalPERS in fact had unwound one of the hedges just weeks before the downturn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2020
But by the time the field reached the first check point in Framingham, the tangle had unwound.
From Time Magazine Archive
I had unwound the string she had given me, and found my way out of the labyrinth to where she was waiting.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
