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unpack

 verb
     
un‧pack
1 [intransitive and transitive] to take everything out of a box, bag, suitcase etc:
I haven't had a chance to unpack yet.
She unpacked her suitcase and headed for the beach.
Maggie carefully unpacked the gifts she had bought.
2 [transitive] to make an idea or problem easier to understand by considering all the parts of it separately:
Some of the issues surrounding mental illness have been unpacked in Chapter 3.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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