the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to unbar; to open.
verb-intransitive. To explain or unfold a matter; to make a revelation.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To release or allow to be opened by withdrawing a bolt: as, to unbolt a door.
To withdraw a bolt and thus open that which it confined; hence (rarely), to open; unfold; explain.
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v. undo the bolt of
Word Usage
"Most importantly, we need to "unbolt" them from their desk prison cells and focus their culture, literature and language learning not on a text book, but ourselves and our personal experiences."