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Definition of unroll verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

unroll

verb
 
/ʌnˈrəʊl/
 
/ʌnˈrəʊl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they unroll
 
/ʌnˈrəʊl/
 
/ʌnˈrəʊl/
he / she / it unrolls
 
/ʌnˈrəʊlz/
 
/ʌnˈrəʊlz/
past simple unrolled
 
/ʌnˈrəʊld/
 
/ʌnˈrəʊld/
past participle unrolled
 
/ʌnˈrəʊld/
 
/ʌnˈrəʊld/
-ing form unrolling
 
/ʌnˈrəʊlɪŋ/
 
/ʌnˈrəʊlɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] unroll (something) if you unroll paper, cloth, etc. that was in a roll or if it unrolls, it opens and becomes flat
    • We unrolled our sleeping bags.
    compare roll
  2. [intransitive] (of events) to happen one after another in a series
    • We watched the events unroll before the cameras.
See unroll in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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