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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

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.

Origin:
1700–10; un- 2 + stick 2
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un·stick   (ŭn-stĭk')   
tr.v.   un·stuck (-stŭk'), un·stick·ing, un·sticks
To free from a condition of adhesion: couldn't unstick the window.
un·stuck   (ŭn-stŭk')   
v.  Past tense and past participle of unstick.
adj.  Freed from being stuck.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Idioms & Phrases

unstuck

see under come apart at the seams.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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