Unbrick

verb, slang

verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To reopen something bricked up. transitive

    "The skylight, although it had been bricked up by someone’s hysterical order, at that time in the past when a man had penetrated the attic-floor of the club to visit a girl, was not beyond being unbricked by the firemen. It was all a question of time."

  2. 2
    To repair a device that was bricked (rendered inoperative). slang, transitive

    "Using JTAG to Unbrick Your Router"

Antonyms

All antonyms
brick

Example

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"The skylight, although it had been bricked up by someone’s hysterical order, at that time in the past when a man had penetrated the attic-floor of the club to visit a girl, was not beyond being unbricked by the firemen. It was all a question of time."

Etymology

From un- + brick.

Related phrases

brick up

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