unstuck
freed or loosened from being fastened or stuck: When firmly pushed, the door became unstuck.
out of order, control, or coherence; undone: Their well-laid plans came unstuck under pressure.
Origin of unstuck
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British Dictionary definitions for unstuck
/ (ʌnˈstʌk) /
freed from being stuck, glued, fastened, etc
come unstuck to suffer failure or disaster
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Other Idioms and Phrases with unstuck
see under come apart at the seams.
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