unpack
Example Sentences
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If she has a tough situation at work, she says, she will mention it to her husband and unpack it with her best friend.
“But there’s so much to unpack in that one line from the Bible,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times
“We won’t unpack them yet. We need to get these big ones opened first so the entrance isn’t blocked.”
From Literature
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“You go upstairs. You unpack. You sleep. You wait for your next instructions.”
From Literature
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Jonas reflects this thought process in his choreography by unpacking his experience as a child of divorce.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.