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How to pronounce unpack in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms take out
Type of withdraw, remove, take, take away
Has types uncrate, break out, bring out, get out, unbox


unpack the presents.

Examples of unpack

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It took me about an hour to unpack my bag because people were congratulating me.
From the washingtonpost.com
In an ideal world I would arrive, unpack and they would all turn up a day later.
From the independent.co.uk
One method for this daunting task is to unpack approximately 5-7 boxes per room.
From the sfgate.com
Saturday we unpack a lot but left quite a pile of the house items in the garage.
From the nzherald.co.nz
You only have to unpack once, and every day you wake up in a different location.
From the stltoday.com
Can they stick around long enough to unpack their suitcase when they get there?
From the omaha.com
But his latest novel pulls those strings of madness a little too tight to unpack.
From the washingtonpost.com
As soon as you pull up to your new house, neighbours appear to help you unpack.
From the economist.com
Clement hasn't had time to unpack his boxes since landing at Bancroft on Apr. 25.
From the businessweek.com
More examples
  • Remove from its packing; "unpack the presents"
  • In historical linguistics and language contact, unpacking is the separation of the features of a segment into distinct segments.
  • To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack; To empty containers that had been packed; To analyze a concept or a text; this sense? ...
  • (unpacked) Having had its packing removed; Not yet packed; Not yet having had its packing removed. (Especially after still. For more on this use, see [1])
  • (Unpacking) Removing the customer's goods from containers and placing them on a flat surface, as well as the disposal of such containers and packing materials. If ordered, unpacking service must be performed at the time of delivery unless requested otherwise.
  • (Unpacking) Removal of cargo, dunnage, etc., from container.
  • (Unpacking) Removing boxes and brings out your moving belonging and arrange at new place.
  • (Unpacking) Unloading a kiln after firing. The most traumatic time for the potter. "The kiln is the potter's gamble; he doesn't need the pools or the lottery." - David Leach.
  • M. of ovm_object. Method to unpack an ovm_object from a stream of bits. In order to provide class-specific unpacking behavior, the user should override the do_unpack method, not the unpack method.