1. to untie or undo a knot or knots
2. to resolve or clear up something complicated or confused
Usage: figurative

Examples

• She carefully unknotted the tangled shoelaces.
• The sailor unknotted the rope with practiced ease.
• It took him several minutes to unknot the fishing line.
• The therapist helped unknot the family’s communication problems.
• We need to unknot this complicated legal issue.
• The detective worked to unknot the mystery surrounding the case.