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verb
  1. 1
    to untie or open something that was rolled up, for example a flag or an umbrella, and let it spread out

    American English synonyms or related words for this sense of unfurl

    To fold or furl something: close, fold up, fold, double, fold, unfold, unfurl... more
    1. a.
      to spread out after being untied

      American English synonyms or related words for this sense of unfurl

      To fold or furl something: close, fold up, fold, double, fold, unfold, unfurl... more
  2. 2
    mainly literary if a story or event unfurls, it develops, or it starts to happen

    American English synonyms or related words for this sense of unfurl

    To start to exist or happen: start, begin, arise, arrive, originate, develop, commence, set in, come into being, fall/fit into place... more

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