unstrap
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of unstrap
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On First Light, however, Ms. Brauer has to unstrap, shove across and resecure heavy packages before she can risk the same exercise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Competitors are not allowed to unstrap their helmets before their bike is racked.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
Batters reach base, unstrap the protective armor guarding their shins and elbows, and hand them to — who else?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
The flight reached its apogee at 282,000 feet — 53.41 miles — where the passengers were able to unstrap and experience weightlessness.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2021
He waited, watching the thin man unstrap the fighters' headguards and shake a black pencil of a finger in their faces.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
After my ride, I unstrapped the unit thinking it was off, but an active arm snapped back with full force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
“When Tiger was 10 months old, I unstrapped him out of his high chair and he walked over and hit the ball,” Earl recalled on an HBO documentary about his son.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Kaplan sometimes unstrapped his guitar, flailed it toward the ground, enacting a release but not fully letting go.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2014
I strapped and unstrapped Lily in and out of car seats.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2014
He fieldstripped the carbine—it was full of sand—and cleaned it as carefully as he could under the conditions, sitting against the base of the seawall with his steel helmet unstrapped.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
As the ambulance was taking Mr. Jaccarino to Beth Israel Medical Center, the police said, he began unstrapping a belt that secured him to a stretcher inside the vehicle.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2012
Avoid wasting precious time, or even worse, unstrapping your back binding to skate through the flats, by hot waxing your board the night before riding.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Genelle is unstrapping them, she's holding Rosa's hand.
From Time Magazine Archive
I had been in the process of unstrapping the protective plate.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
But Father was busy unstrapping the carrying basket from the back of his bicycle.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
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