ungird

verb

Definition of ungirdnext
as in to unwind

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  1. unwind
  2. unwrap
  3. untie
Verb
  • When mortgage defaults started going up, the whole system began to unwind.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Now, at the behest of police and firefighter unions across California, state lawmakers are pushing through legislation to unwind parts of Brown’s changes.
    — Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of unwind
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  • To make the fruity ice cream bites, unwrap a roll-up and spread it out flat.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2026
  • Finally, Mawhinney asked Mel B to unwrap a tiny envelope hidden inside the red buzzer in front of each one of them.
    — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Definition of unwrap
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  • One popular saying suggests a knot tied on a rainy day is harder to untie.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • There, by definition, each match has to have a winner and a loser, so any match that ends in a draw proceeds to two 15-minute periods of overtime, and, if that fails to untie the score, a penalty kick shootout.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
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“Ungird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungird. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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