unblock
- v clear or remove an obstruction from
the procedure unblocked his arteries - v play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding
- v make (assets) available
- Last fall he was heavily pressured by army officers to make enough concessions to unblock the flow of Soviet arms.
- Snow: My main objective was to try and persuade the Chinese authorities to unblock the funds and allow Ding Zilin to distribute the money to people who really needed it.
- Although no one in France is certain why Sarkozy took the plight of the Bulgarians so close to heart, his involvement has done wonders to unblock what long appeared to be a .