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Key a knob to the left, perhaps
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unlock
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination. 2 (context transitive English) To obtain access to something.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Unlock may refer to: Unlock (charity) , a British charity To undo a Lock (security device) Unlock Democracy , a United Kingdom pressure group Unlock the Gates , a 1973 rock music album by Gypsy Unlocked or unlocking may refer to: Unlocked (Verbs album) ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + lock (v.). Figurative sense is attested from 1530s. Old English had unlucan "to unlock, open." Related: Unlocked ; unlocking .\n
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a key unlocks/opens sth ▪ The largest key unlocks the front door. lock/unlock the door ▪ I locked the door and turned out the lights. unlock/unleash sb’s potential (= allow them to succeed as well as they can ) ▪ Training ...
Usage examples of unlock.
But viewed in the light of apperception, acquired knowledge should be retained and used, for it unlocks the door to more knowledge.
Ross stowed his share of the dynamite more cautiously, unlocked the brakes, put the bulldozer in gear, and backed across the square.
I pointed with the toe of my shoe, and they stopped, stared for a moment, then Mannie pulled the key from his pocket and unlocked the door to my reception room.
Originals know codes that the Multifold can use to unlock its own powers.
I unlocked the door on a delirious Folly and an awful muttony smell of scorched lamb.
She flitted around in front of a service access door that proved to be unlocked and that led down to a similar door that opened onto a darkened section of the Pedway that looked as though it had been under construction but was abandoned when the building had shut down.
The gate proved to be unlocked, and we went down the tunnel, into a damper section of tunnels, rife with the smell of mold, that was clearly not a part of the Pedway proper.
And then the little cavalcade, Maria on Periwinkle, with Wrolf and Wiggins one on each side of her, trotted gaily out of the stableyard, through the garden and out through the unlocked door under the archway into the park.
Unlikely that Jimmy would accidently twist the ring, but Chase locked in the third twist because a three-motion seal was phat impossible to unlock by accident and because, by God, you did the job right or not at all.
He was equally unsuccessful with the potman who was just unlocking the doors of the public-house by Horsell Bridge.
Hal whispered to Prew as they all stood on the little landing looking across into the dark bulk of the banyan, while he unlocked the door.
We then found ourselves in a small room, and I discovered a key on a table, which I tried on a door opposite to us, which, however, proved to be unlocked.
She unlocked her front door, tossed her keys into their bowl, slid her cell phone into the recharger, then all but skipped into the living room.
Gaunt had made him privy to the unlocked data back on the Absalom, and Mkoll had studied and restudied the schematics carefully.
Taking the keys, Sarge crossed the hall and unlocked another door, turning on lights beyond it.