unzip
verb (used with object)
to open the zipper of.
had unzipped
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past perfectof unzip.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Mrs Fenton, 55, told the JVS show on BBC Three Counties Radio that, after a six-hour drive, her husband had unzipped the cover of the bicycle rack and found the migrant inside.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
In a 2008 case, he agreed that prosecutors should not be allowed to use as evidence a gun found on a defendant when a police officer had unzipped the man’s jacket without his consent.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2010
It wasn't long before he had unzipped a few ideas that had the Seventh Avenue establishment agog.
From Time Magazine Archive
Aru watched in horror as a black line broke the sky, as if someone had unzipped twilight to show nighttime lurking just beneath its skin.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
