UNSTICK


Meaning of UNSTICK in English

v. & n.

--v. (past and past part. unstuck)

1. tr. separate (a thing stuck to another).

2 Aeron. colloq. a intr. take off. b tr. cause (an aircraft) to take off.

--n. Aeron. colloq. the moment of take-off.

Phrases and idioms:

come unstuck colloq. come to grief, fail.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.