unroll
verb (used with object)
to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled).
have been unrolling
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present perfect progressiveof unroll.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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Last month a chartered jet returned the murals to New York, and conservators have been unrolling the canvases from wooden spools and stapling them back onto 1920s pine stretchers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2010
During the last hour I have been unrolling it.
From Mary Magdalen by Edgar Saltus
