un‧pack /ʌnˈpæk/ verb
[Word Family: noun: pack, package, packaging, packet, packing, packer; verb: pack ≠ unpack, package; adjective: packed]

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.

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