to unlock

Examples

• All

• All right, unlock the handcuffs.

  The Front Page (1974)

• Kimmy is trying to unlock her car, but she can't find her keys.

  Smosh Pit

• So once you unlock the box, you got a problem, right?

• Do me a favor, unlock your phone.

  Knox Goes Away (2024)

• We need to unlock it.

  Camp Hideout (2023)

• Unlock it, and let's have a look!

  The Cobweb (1955)

• Well, no, I couldn't unlock the phone.

• Using a key from the facility, the officers unlocked her door and entered her room.

  Academic text (2017)

• Unlock the door.

  Halloween (1978)

• Richard fumbles in his jacket pocket for the key and then unlocks the hotel door.

  Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

U

to unlatch

vsto unlock

7 3.2

Open something by lifting or releasing a small catch that holds it closed

uses keys, codes, or similar methods to open locks not only simple latches

L

to lock pick

vsto unlock

2 7.7

To open a lock without a key by using tools

uses a key, code, or similar authorized method rather than covert manipulation

U

to unlock safe

vsto unlock

1 3.2

Open a strong box that holds money or jewelry by releasing its lock

is used for opening many locked items rather than only strong containers

P

to picklock

vsto unlock

• NSFW

8.8

To open a lock without a key using a small metal tool

does the same action but by authorized means like keys or codes

S

to safecrack

vsto unlock

9.1

To open a locked safe without a key, usually illegally

is done legitimately using keys or codes rather than illegal forced entry

Antonyms

L

to lock

∞ 1.0

To fasten something with a key so other people cannot open it

Phrasal Verbs

U

to unlock safe

1 3.2

Open a strong box that holds money or jewelry by releasing its lock

How Available

to restore

219 3.5

to release

• Formal

69 2.6

to unfreeze

• Specialized

2 4.3

to unlock

212 1.0

to unblock

3 3.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology