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unstick

[uhn-stik]

un·stick

[uhn-stik] verb, -stuck, -stick·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to free, as one thing stuck to another.
verb (used without object)
2.
to become unstuck: Finally, the car's horn unstuck.

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Unstick is one of our favorite verbs.
So is bowdlerise. Does it mean:
to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.

Origin:
1700–10; un-2 + stick2
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unstick (ʌnˈstɪk)
 
vb , -sticks, -sticking, -stuck
(tr) to free or loosen (something stuck)

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