unbag

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ bag.

Verb

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unbag (third-person singular simple present unbags, present participle unbagging, simple past and past participle unbagged)

  1. To remove from a bag.
    • 1988 January 29, Tom Boeker, “Thrill Seekers”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      Since the cat is unbagged in the first act, most of the play concerns James's maneuvering between bouts of reconciliation and backsliding.
    • 2013, Carole Howard, About Face:
      They unbagged the groceries, working side by side, mostly silently. Each item removed from its bag was like a brick removed from the wall between them.

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