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unstuck

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un·stuck  (n-stk)
v.
Past tense and past participle of unstick.
adj.
Freed from being stuck.
Idiom:
come/become unstuck
To break down or fall apart: a marriage that came unstuck after only a year.

unstuck [ʌnˈstʌk]
adj
1. freed from being stuck, glued, fastened, etc.
come unstuck to suffer failure or disaster
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unstuck - freeunstuck - free; "a man with a mule got my car unstuck"; "the gears locked in second and would not come unstuck"
stuck - caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud"
2.unstuck - thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence; "price programs became unstuck because little grain was available"
disorganised, disorganized - lacking order or methodical arrangement or function; "a disorganized enterprise"; "a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose"; "she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate"
Translations
unstuck [ˈʌnˈstʌk] ADJ to come unstuck [label etc] → despegarse, desprenderse (fig) → fracasar, sufrir un revés
where he comes unstuck isa él lo que le pierde es ...

unstuck [ʌnˈstʌk] adj
(lit) to come unstuck [poster, stamp] → se décoller
(fig) to come unstuck (= fail) [person, plan, system] → faire fiasco

unstuck
adj to come unstuck (stamp, notice)sich lösen; (inf, plan) → danebengehen (inf), → schiefgehen (inf); (speaker, actor)stecken bleiben; (pupil: in exam) → ins Schwimmen geraten; the pay policy seems to have come unstuckdie Lohnpolitik scheint aus dem Gleis gekommen zu sein; where they came unstuck was …sie sind daran gescheitert, dass …

unstuck [ʌnˈstʌk] adj to come unstuck (label) → staccarsi, scollarsi (fam) (plan) → andare a monte, fallire; (person) → fare fiasco

unstuck [anˈstak]
1 to stop sticking The label has come unstuck. ophou plak غَيْر مُلْصَق отлепвам odlepit (se) løsne sig sich lösen ξεκολλώ despegar(se), desenganchar(se) (liimist) lahti tulema ور آمدن irrota (se) décoller לא דָבוּק चिपकना बंद कर देना odlijepiti se leválik losna scollarsi, staccarsi 離れる 붙어 있지 않은 atsiklijuoti atlīmēties menanggalkan loskomen gå opp i limingen, løsne odkleić się descolado a se dezlipi отклеиваться odlepiť (sa) odlepiti se odlepiti lossna ซึ่งหลุดออก kopmak, ayrılmak 黏不住 відклеюватися نہ چپکنا، سوکھنا không dính vào nhau
2 to fail Our plans have come unstuck. misluk فاشِل провалям се pohořet slå fejl sich(in Luft)auflösen αποτυγχάνω, ναυαγώ (μτφ.) venirse abajo, frustarse, fracasar, quedarse en agua de borrajas nurjuma شکست خوردن mennä pieleen, epäonnistua tomber à l'eau לְהִיכָשֵל नाकाम होना propasti összeomlik misheppnast fallire 失敗する 망쳐진 sužlugti neizdoties; izgāzties gagal mislukken slå feil, galt spalić na panewce falhado a se alege praful провалиться zle dopadnúť pasti v vodo propasti gå i stöpet ผิดพลาด başarısızlığa uğramak 失敗 провалюватися ناکام ہونا thất bại


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Someone moved from the window, and a minute or two later there was the sound of the passage door as it came unstuck, then the latch of the outside door clicked and a tall white-bearded peasant, with a sheepskin coat thrown over his white holiday shirt, pushed his way out holding the door firmly against the wind, followed by a lad in a red shirt and high leather boots.
 
 
 
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