as in to unravel
to separate the various strands of
our tour guide at the maritime museum showed us how sailors used to unlay rope
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unravel
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If your protagonist is unraveling, let the house fall apart too.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025 -
Before the fourth-down play unraveled, Love burned a timeout since the receivers weren’t aligned correctly.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Unlay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unlay. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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