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Unbolt   /ˈənbˌoʊlt/   Listen
Unbolt

verb
1.
Undo the bolt of.






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"Unbolt" Quotes from Famous Books



... dark stone passages he fled: the door into the back premises stood wide open. There was a flight of steep stone steps, which led straight to a kitchen and thence into the yard. He would have time to unbolt the kitchen door, even if it were not already open, for ...
— Under False Pretences - A Novel • Adeline Sergeant

... shake and unbolt these gates, seeking the dead and me who did the deed. Cease from this labor; but if thou wantest aught with me, speak if thou wishest any thing; but never shall thou touch me with thy hands; such a chariot the sun my father's father gives me, a ...
— The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. • Euripides

... unbolt the door, in spite of all persuasion, but while she railed at the "detestable Yankees," a soldier climbed in at a window in the rear, and unbolted the door. Her splendid rooms and fine mattresses furnished lodgings for twenty wounded ...
— Three Years in the Sixth Corps • George T. Stevens

... in readiness for the service the need of which had alone caused her to unbolt the door. At that swift, fierce ejaculation she started, wheeled round. At sight of that wild anger she paled. "Why, Susie!" ...
— Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise • David Graham Phillips

... as you know, has a greyhound of which she is very fond, that sleeps in her chamber. I will find means to shut it out of the room without her knowledge, and when everybody has retired, I will jump out of bed, run to the reception room, and unbolt the door. Then, when you think that the Queen is in bed, you must come quietly, and enter the reception room and close the door after you. There you will find the greyhound, who knows you well enough, and will ...
— One Hundred Merrie And Delightsome Stories - Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles • Various



Words linked to "Unbolt" :   undo, open up, bolt, open



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