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• v  unwind or untwist
• a  no longer coiled

• To Novelist Joseph Conrad, the Congo River was "an immense snake uncoiled" curving through "joyless sunshine into the heart of darkness.
• But there was no missing Australian-born John Marshall when he uncoiled for the mile race.
• He uncoiled from his seat, strode onstage and eyed the silent singers.

• uncoil
• straight

• coil
• coiled

News & Articles

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• Yon column: Believing in the power of Bolt
  Column by David Yon -- It is surreal, like someone must have doctored the photo. Usain Bolt's 6-foot-5 inch body has uncoiled and is on a roll down the track, knees and long legs lifting his body over huge chunks of wet track, making up for his poor start.
  Aug. 25, 2013 - Tallahassee Democrat