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unblock

unb·lock

UK/ʌnˈblɒk/ rare

verb

1.

play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding

2.

make (assets) available

  • “release the holdings in the dictator”
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Origin

From un- + block.

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