unfasten
verb (used with object)
to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
have unfastened
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present perfectof unfasten.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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Do you suppose I’d have unfastened it if I couldn’t fasten it up again?
From The Dragon's Secret by C. M. (Charles Mark) Relyea
I confess that I—wilfully did not undo the door the first time she knocked—but—I—should have unfastened it the second—if I had not thought you had gone to do it yourself.
From The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
We should have unfastened the mules from the wagon, and broken the ice, which was not strong enough to hold them up, and thus made the way clear so we could cross without stopping.
From Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago by Robert Henderson McKay
Le Bris gave the jerk of the rope that should have unfastened the slip knot, but a concealed nail on the cart caught the rope, so that it failed to run.
From A History of Aeronautics by Evelyn Charles Vivian
He could never have unfastened them from outside.'
From The Carved Cupboard by Amy Le Feuvre
