unreel
/ʌnˈril/
verb
- To unwind or pull something from a reel or spool.
- He carefully unreeled the garden hose to water the plants.
- The fisherman unreeled his line and cast it into the lake.
- She unreeled the old film from the projector to clean it.
- To unfold or reveal something gradually, like a story or sequence of events.
- The documentary unreeled the shocking truth about the scandal.
- As the movie unreeled, the audience became more and more captivated.
- The detective unreeled the suspect's alibi piece by piece.
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