verb
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to rip open
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obsolete to reveal; disclose
Etymology
Origin of unrip
Example Sentences
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She scolded Denas for working so slowly, she made her unrip whatever she did.
From A Singer from the Sea by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
He then asked me for my penknife and proceeded to unrip the bag, and took out of it a large piece of paper closely folded up.
From Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society by Darlow, Thomas Herbert
I've got a sewing kit in the car—we'll unrip the upholstery and I can stitch you up a suit in no time.
From In the Sweet Dry and Dry by Haley, Bart
By doing this you cannot fail to unrip the seam of any of these transmutations.
From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey
When these were gone, we heard as high a contention amongst the beggars, whether it was easiest to rip a cloak, or to unrip a cloak ?
From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak
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