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unclog - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
transitive verb
from The Century Dictionary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
transitive verb
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb transitive To remove a blockage from.verb intransitive To have a blockage removed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb
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Paulson argues that relieving banks of dubious mortgage-backed securities will "unclog " the financial system and encourage essential business and consumer lending.
Paulson's Panic 2008
The great lie is that this bail out will 'unclog ' the credit pipes -- as if other people are sitting around with trillions of dollars ready to buy out junk bonds at above-market prices.
The Hostile Takeover: FIGHT THE BAILOUT! 2008
This presumably would "unclog " capital markets, the financial economy would begin functioning normally again, and then the government would recoup what it could.
Robert Kuttner: Calling Paulson's Bluff 2008
I've had to 'unclog ' parts of the burner with a push-pin a couple of times now.
ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2010
The great lie is that this bail out will 'unclog ' the credit pipes -- as if other people are sitting around with trillions of dollars ready to buy out junk bonds at above-market prices.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008
Others report using clips to hang Christmas tree ornaments, clean pipes and unclog tubes of glue.
Mousetraps, Maybe, but Can You Build a Better Paper Clip? James R. Hagerty 2011
Everyone was supposed to know how to write, talk, run a web press, unclog a toilet, stage a demonstration.
Susie Bright: The Terrible Secret of Women's Memoirs: Kill the Cookie Susie Bright 2011
Everyone was supposed to know how to write, talk, run a web press, unclog a toilet, stage a demonstration.
Susie Bright: The Terrible Secret of Women's Memoirs: Kill the Cookie Susie Bright 2011
And then there are some in the administration who simply want to unclog the pipeline of loans awaiting modification.
Mortgage Regulation Proposals Good For Regulators, Bad For Homeowners 2011
Some professional reporters might be able to unclog a toilet, but that doesn't make them plumbers.
Joe the Reporter? Only in the world of celebrity news 2009
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