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Fling wide the gates
Answer for the clue "Fling wide the gates ", 7 letters:
unlatch
Alternative clues for the word unlatch
Word definitions for unlatch in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + latch (v.).\n
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. Remove from a latch
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unlatch \Un*latch"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Unlatched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Unlatching .] [1st un- + latch.] To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door.
Usage examples of unlatch.
The lieutenant saluted, unlatched the door, then touched a five-digit code on the computer lock, and stepped aside as Becker entered the room.
After making sure the door was unlatched, he lit a cigarillo, sat down at the table, and poured himself a drink of the Maryland whiskey that was so smooth it was a jailable offense in that state for anyone caught gulping it down.
We would be in bed and would hear fokes walkin aroun and the door would come unlatched and come open.
Karl immediately kicked off his plimsolls, and unlatched a broad bunk which had been folded flat against the wall.
But then broke away, and, going to the far wall, unlatched a shoji, opening it wide to the night.
Since Toyne had not seen him, there was no reason to intimidate the secretary, because the door was unlatched.
But Thorne unlatched one to display an antique ceramic tea set and a couple of dozen small canisters of varietal teas of Earth and other planetary origins, all protected from breakage by custom-made foam packing.
Derk unlatched the pen and let two large snowy owls hop out onto his shoulders, where they sat staring at Querida as unblinkingly as she stared up at them.
The insistent, nagging bang of an unlatched shutter swinging freely in the wind several streets over had set some brainless dog to barking, and Sparhawk lay, still half-bemused by sleep, patiently waiting for the dog to grow wet enough or weary enough of his entertainment to seek his kennel again.
And he actually thumbed his nose at us by walking straight up to the room with a little petty ventriloquism and an unlatched door!
I took a seat on the stone steps of the athenaeum before it opened and waited for the doors to be unlatched.
Stealthily, Brooks unlatched the door handle and he and Rollins executed paratrooper drops onto the spiky grass.
She walked over to the trailer and unlatched the endgate so Ben could load the filly.
And it was all her fault Fassa cried out once and threw something across the cabin with all her might, and Sev Bryley burst through the unlatched door.
He unlatched the cage and a pure white, shorthaired cat exited, looking regal and aloof.