unspool
/ʌnˈspul/
verb
- To unwind or release something from a spool, reel, or roll.
- She carefully began to unspool the thread from the bobbin.
- He had to unspool the garden hose before he could water the plants.
- The film projector started to unspool the movie reel automatically.
- To unfold, develop, or happen in a gradual way, like a story or sequence of events.
- Watching the documentary, the history of the city started to unspool before our eyes.
- The mystery began to unspool as the detective found new clues.
- The plot of the novel unspools slowly, revealing secrets one by one.
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