unstick

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To free something from the condition of being stuck (mechanically, or with adhesive)
To release, as one thing stuck to another
{f} free, loose, separate (something stuck or attached)
If you unstick something or if it unsticks, it becomes separated from the thing that it was stuck to. Mike shook his head, to unstick his hair from his sweating forehead The stewards' badges are made so they do not unstick from a car and therefore cannot be passed around. see also unstuck
unsticking
Present participle of unstick
unsticking
The act of removing something that was stuck
unstuck
thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence; "price programs became unstuck because little grain was available
unstuck
past of unstick
unstuck
If something comes unstuck, it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to. The brown vinyl covering all the horizontal surfaces is coming unstuck in several places
unstuck
freed, loosed, separated
unstuck
To come unstuck means to fail. Where economics comes unstuck is when it doesn't take account of the anticipated actions of human beings see also unstick = fail. come unstuck a if a person, plan, or system comes unstuck, they fail at what they were trying to achieve
unstuck
free; "a man with a mule got my car unstuck"; "the gears locked in second and would not come unstuck"
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