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Unpick

verb
1.
Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of.  Synonyms: unknot, unravel, unscramble, untangle.
2.
Undo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing).





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... girls were busy embroidering traycloths and constructing pincushions. Gipsy began to work a pair of slippers for her father, a rather lengthy proceeding, for she was not clever at needlecraft, and was apt to pull her wool too tightly, having to unpick her stitches in consequence. There was no particular hurry in her case, though, for it was impossible for her to dispatch the parcel in time for Christmas when she did not know where to address it. If there was a forlorn look ...
— The Leader of the Lower School - A Tale of School Life • Angela Brazil


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