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un·roll

   [uhn-rohl]
verb (used with object)
1.
to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled): to unroll a bolt of fabric.
2.
to lay open; display; reveal.
3.
Obsolete. to strike from a roll or register.
verb (used without object)
4.
to become unrolled or spread out: The scrolls unroll easily.
5.
to become continuously visible or apparent: The landscape unrolled before our eyes.

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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English unrollen. See un-2, roll
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unroll (ʌnˈrəʊl)
 
—vb
1.  to open out or unwind (something rolled, folded, or coiled) or (of something rolled, etc) to become opened out or unwound
2.  to make or become visible or apparent, esp gradually; unfold

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unroll
1412, from un- (2) + roll (v.).
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