un‧stuck /ˌʌnˈstʌk◂/
adjective [
Word Family: adjective:
sticky,
stuck,
unstuck,
non-stick;
noun:
sticker,
stickiness;
verb:
stick]
come unstuck a) British English informal if a person, plan, or system comes unstuck, they fail at what they were trying to achieve:
a dangerous area of rock where many climbers come unstuck b) if something comes unstuck, it becomes separated from the thing that it was stuck to
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