unstuck
[uhn-stuhk]
- freed or loosened from being fastened or stuck: When firmly pushed, the door became unstuck.
- out of order, control, or coherence; undone: Their well-laid plans came unstuck under pressure.
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Origin of unstuck
unstick
[uhn-stik]
- to free, as one thing stuck to another.
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- to become unstuck: Finally, the car's horn unstuck.
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Origin of unstick
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Contemporary Examples of unstuck
It took me a while to figure out I needed closure to get unstuck.
Historical Examples of unstuck
"You mean things get unstuck so on the voyage," murmured Constantia.
The Garden PartyKatherine Mansfield
"I have never wished so hard in my life, Sir, to be unstuck," said he.
He unstuck the snag from his shirt, pushed his way out of the thicket, and sat down weakly on the grass.
David and the PhoenixEdward Ormondroyd
unstuck
- freed from being stuck, glued, fastened, etc
- come unstuck to suffer failure or disaster
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unstick
- (tr) to free or loosen (something stuck)
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Idioms and Phrases with unstuck
unstuck
see under come apart at the seams.
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