to unrack
- verb
- /ʌnˈræk/
- To prepare for her workout, she needs to unrack the weights from the barbell stand carefully.
- unrack the bar
Examples
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Lisa spoke worriedly to him as he unracked the Harley and looked it over.
Fiction book (1991) -
After handling as much as 110 percent of their bench max while doing a board press or reverse band bench in training, they are less likely to have a 'holy shit, this is heavy' moment when they unrack a new PR on test day.
Blog text (29) -
He will unrack the equipment before starting the training session with his team.
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After adjusting the settings, the coach asked his players to unrack the balls for practice.
Synonyms
To take something off from where it is attached
To take something off where it hangs, like a coat or necklace
To separate something from what it is connected to
To take something out of where it is kept
Take a book or product from a shelf
Take something off a wall or surface
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
unrack = rack (transparent) = un + rack
The meaning is directly derived by reversing the action of 'rack' using the productive English prefix 'un-'.
Etymology
The word unrack combines un- meaning 'remove' and rack, a frame used to hold things like coats, bicycles, or servers. So to unrack something is to take it off its rack or remove it from where it is held.