unwrap
verb (used with object)
to remove or open the wrapping of.
has been unwrapping
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present perfect progressiveof unwrap (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Given that the holiday has been unwrapping itself since before Thanksgiving — which is not Christmas, but kind of pretends it is — many seasonal favorites have already had their airing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
Headed since its foundation by grey-haired Emanuele Gazzo, onetime Genoa bureau chief for Italy's Ansa News Agency, Agence Europe has been unwrapping secrets almost from birth.
From Time Magazine Archive
