unpick
verb (used with object)
to take out the stitches of (sewing, knitting, etc.).
was unpicking
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past progressiveof unpick.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Ross followed, bowed distantly to Kate, who was unpicking a dress, and took a chair.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Sir Hall Caine
Mother, when she was unpicking my old blue dress to-day, she found the money in the lining, inside the lining, both the notes, and the silver too.
From One of Life's Slaves by Jessie Muir
She was unpicking the lining of a dress, and the strips were scattered around her.
From Madame Bovary by Eleanor Marx Aveling
Then, in her agony, she became aware that the creature was unpicking the lead!
From The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural by Ernest Rhys
