uncoil
verb (used with or without object)
to unwind from a coiled position.
have uncoiled
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present perfectof uncoil.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“Forty to fifty percent are in an attack position. They have uncoiled in tactical assembly in the last 48 hours,” the official told reporters.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2022
Its length was not apparent, because it was coiled up; but it would have uncoiled out into something most alarming if stretched, I fancy.
From The Way of the Wild by Harry Rountree
