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un·reel | \ ˌən-ˈrēl 
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\unreeled; unreeling; unreels
Definition of unreel
1 : to unwind from a reel
2 : to perform successfully
unreeled a 66-yard pass play
3 : reel off sense 2 unreeled five birdies in a row
Examples of unreel in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Anastasia breaks with Grey at the end of the first film, when his sadistic impulses unreel a bit too far for her taste, and the two reconcile in Fifty Shades Darker.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, "Review:Fifty Shades Freed Is a Pleasure. Just Don’t Call It a Guilty One," 9 Feb. 2018 Why Nora has returned now is soon made abundantly clear by Hnath, who cannily unreels one inventive and plausible surprise after another in a text as fast-moving as the original is deliberate.
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Eric Marchese, Orange County Register, "‘Doll’s House, Part 2’ opens up a marital can of worms," 17 Apr. 2017 A horizontal trailing wire antenna is unreeled out of the back, sort of like casting a fishing line.
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Nathan Hodge, WIRED, "Inside the Air Force’s Secret PsyOps Plane," 27 May 2010
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The first known use of unreel was in 1567
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