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unstop

[ uhn-stop ]

verb (used with object)

unstopped, unstopping.
  1. to remove the stopper from:

    to unstop a bottle.

  2. to free from any obstruction; open:

    to unstop a sewer.

  3. to draw out the stops of (an organ).


unstop

/ ÊŒ²Ôˈ²õ³ÙÉ’±è /

verb

  1. to remove the stop or stopper from
  2. to free from any stoppage or obstruction; open
  3. to draw out the stops on (an organ)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of unstop1

First recorded in 1350–1400, unstop is from the Middle English word unstoppen. See un- 2, stop
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Will we unstop our ears and learn from the mistakes of the past?

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“Touch that cat again,†she shouted, “and I will unstop this bottle of rat’s blood and viper’s flesh and summon the Devil, who will change you into women, and henceforth each of you will giggle like a woman and wear dresses like a woman and give birth like a woman!â€

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Her confession seemed to unstop a dam: there has been a tidal wave of books since by women who have given up drink, confessing to their alcoholism.

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Something to unbreak the twenty-two bones in her body including the seven in her neck, uncollapse her lungs, unstop her heart, and unhemorrhage her brilliant brain.

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In another, a nurse used a plunger to unstop a toilet and then held a patient’s hand during a surgical procedure without changing scrubs, according to the report.

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