unbar
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Claudius has made himself a monarch again, standing at the head of a shrieking horde of desperate peasantry who believe he can unbar the door to that heavenly place.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
“Why, if this fate my country waits, should war, “And not my love unbar to him the gates?
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.
“She is within and safe; Natalya is with her,” came Yossof’s quavering voice, as he labored to unbar the gates.
From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John
What humble hands unbar those gates of morn Through which the splendors of the New Day burst!
From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell
As for the retainers, they waited for no order to unbar the gate for Mirliflor, being all eagerness to facilitate his departure.
From In Brief Authority by Anstey, F.