un·strap

(ŭn-străp′)

tr.v. un·strapped, un·strap·ping, un·straps

To loosen or remove a strap on or from.

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unstrap

(ʌnˈstræp)

vb (tr)

to remove a strap from

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unstrap

Past participle: unstrapped
Gerund: unstrapping

Imperative
unstrap
unstrap

Present
I unstrap
you unstrap
he/she/it unstraps
we unstrap
you unstrap
they unstrap

Preterite
I unstrapped
you unstrapped
he/she/it unstrapped
we unstrapped
you unstrapped
they unstrapped

Present Continuous
I am unstrapping
you are unstrapping
he/she/it is unstrapping
we are unstrapping
you are unstrapping
they are unstrapping

Present Perfect
I have unstrapped
you have unstrapped
he/she/it has unstrapped
we have unstrapped
you have unstrapped
they have unstrapped

Past Continuous
I was unstrapping
you were unstrapping
he/she/it was unstrapping
we were unstrapping
you were unstrapping
they were unstrapping

Past Perfect
I had unstrapped
you had unstrapped
he/she/it had unstrapped
we had unstrapped
you had unstrapped
they had unstrapped

Future
I will unstrap
you will unstrap
he/she/it will unstrap
we will unstrap
you will unstrap
they will unstrap

Future Perfect
I will have unstrapped
you will have unstrapped
he/she/it will have unstrapped
we will have unstrapped
you will have unstrapped
they will have unstrapped

Future Continuous
I will be unstrapping
you will be unstrapping
he/she/it will be unstrapping
we will be unstrapping
you will be unstrapping
they will be unstrapping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been unstrapping
you have been unstrapping
he/she/it has been unstrapping
we have been unstrapping
you have been unstrapping
they have been unstrapping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been unstrapping
you will have been unstrapping
he/she/it will have been unstrapping
we will have been unstrapping
you will have been unstrapping
they will have been unstrapping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been unstrapping
you had been unstrapping
he/she/it had been unstrapping
we had been unstrapping
you had been unstrapping
they had been unstrapping

Conditional
I would unstrap
you would unstrap
he/she/it would unstrap
we would unstrap
you would unstrap
they would unstrap

Past Conditional
I would have unstrapped
you would have unstrapped
he/she/it would have unstrapped
we would have unstrapped
you would have unstrapped
they would have unstrapped

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb

unstrap - remove the strap or straps from

undo - cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions"

strap - tie with a strap

Translations

يَفُك رباطا

rozepnout pásek

løsne stroppen

abschnallen

szíjat lecsatol

losa bönd af

atsaitēt

løsne stroppen ta av stroppen

rozopnúť opasokrozopnúť remeň

açmak çözmek

解开...的带子

unstrap

[ʌnˈstræp] VT → quitar la correa de

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unstrap

vt case etc → aufschnallen; to unstrap somebody/something from something → jdn/etw von etw los- or abschnallen

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unstrap

(anˈstrӕp) – past tense, past participle unˈstrapped – verb

to unfasten the strap of. She unstrapped her suitcase.

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References in classic literature

He bent down and began to unstrap something from his bicycle.

View in context

Except she kept on trying to unstrap her boot, as if it were the most important thing in the world.

In her light

Then you unstrap yourself and float out of your seat.

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then "unstrap and exit, following the hand used to maintain a reference point.

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