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unshift

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[uhn-shift] / ʌnˈʃɪft /

verb (used without object)

  1. to release the shift key, as on a typewriter or the keyboard of a computer terminal.

Etymology

Origin of unshift

First recorded in 1965–70; un- 2 + shift

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