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unbag

unbag verb: to remove from a bag.

Verb

unbag (third-person singular simple present unbags, present participle unbagging, simple past and past participle unbagged)

  1. To remove from a bag.
    • Since the cat is unbagged in the first act, most of the play concerns James's maneuvering between bouts of reconciliation and backsliding.1988 January 29, Tom Boeker, “Thrill Seekers”, in Chicago Reader
    • They unbagged the groceries, working side by side, mostly silently. Each item removed from its bag was like a brick removed from the wall between them.2013, Carole Howard, About Face

Forms of unbag

third-person singular presentunbags
present participleunbagging
past participleunbagged
pastunbagged

Origin of unbag

From un- + bag.

Words formed from unbag

Questions about unbag

What does unbag mean?
Unbag means to remove from a bag.
What part of speech is unbag?
Unbag is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbag?
The past tense of unbag is unbagged.

Words near unbag in the dictionary

  1. unbaffle
  2. unbaffleable
  3. unbaffled
  4. unbaffles
  5. unbaffling
  6. unbag
  7. unbaggable
  8. unbagged
  9. unbagger
  10. unbaggers
  11. unbagging

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