Synonyms

unstuck

[uhn-stuhk]

un·stuck

[uhn-stuhk]
adjective
1.
freed or loosened from being fastened or stuck: When firmly pushed, the door became unstuck.
2.
out of order, control, or coherence; undone: Their well-laid plans came unstuck under pressure.

Origin:
un-1 + stuck

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un·stick

[uhn-stik] verb, un·stuck, un·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.

Origin:
1700–10; un-2 + stick2
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unstuck (ʌnˈstʌk)
 
adj
1.  freed from being stuck, glued, fastened, etc
2.  come unstuck to suffer failure or disaster

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Idioms & Phrases

unstuck

see under come apart at the seams.

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