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shatter the plate

unburden the donkey

scrape off scales

comb out the tangles

break the jinx

to sew up a rent

force out the splinter

unleash a hound

let off the hook

break siege

take the wraps off

let down the hem

to undo a bundle

open a package

to take a sample

plug the gap

keep out drafts

whittle down a stick

spatter the floor

rasp off corners

to incise a tumour

to disentangle―unravel

disentangle

remove the scales from

to unstitch a seam

to unstitch the seam

to tower above one's contemporaries

to remove the partition―take away the partition

guess a riddle

to uncover anything