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unclog

[ uhn-klog, -klawg ]

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verb (used with object)

unclogged, unclogging.

to free of an obstruction or impediment:
to unclog a drain; to unclog rush-hour traffic.

verb (used without object)

unclogged, unclogging.

to become unclogged:
I can't wash the dishes until the drain unclogs.

unclog

/ ʌ��ˈ��ɒɡ /

verb

tr to remove an obstruction from (a drain, etc)

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of unclog¹

First recorded in 1600–10; un- ² + clog

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But years passed without the dramatic reforms needed to reshape and unclog the legal pathways to U.S. citizenship.

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"How ignorant could she be? Did she think that Africans shop from rocks? She needs to travel more and unclog her sadly colonized view of the world. Yikes," raged one user on X.

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��’s more, many unclogged wells leak methane, a planet-warming gas that is more than 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.

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These boosts are meant to unclog the express toll lanes by deterring some users, and to pay for a small portion of freeway widenings.

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While I can’t come to your home to unclog your pipes, I can offer you help with your plumbing dilemmas online.

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