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Etymology
From un- + roll.

Verb
en-verb

1. To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.

#:Unroll your sleeping bag and spread it on the floor of the tent.

1. To emerge, be revealed or become apparent.

#:We will have to see how the events unroll.

Related terms
unfold
unfurl

Category:English ergative verbs

fa:unroll
fr:unroll
io:unroll
vi:unroll
zh:unroll

• 2007-10-02 04:02 - Doug Hockin - /* English */ Add etymology and change see also to related terms

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