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un⋅cork

[uhn-kawrk]
–verb (used with object)
1. to draw the cork from.
2. Informal. to release or unveil; unleash: to uncork one's pent-up emotions.

Origin:
1720–30; un- 2 + cork
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un·cork   (ŭn-kôrk')   
tr.v.   un·corked, un·cork·ing, un·corks
  1. To draw the cork from.

  2. To free from a sealed or constrained state.

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