unspin

verb9

1. •
   To unravel (something spun, knit, or woven).

   • They cannot unspin or unweave themselves, they are threads either of warp or woof. — 1883
2. •
   To untwist (something that is twisted or wound)

   • I contemplated "unspinning" everything into the two separate colors, but knew I did not have the patience to unwind that much yarn. — 1995
3. •
   To disentangle.

   • It took about six of us to unspin that web, but finally the whole mess was lowered to the deck . — 1935
4. •
   To counteract or decipher a complicated web of lies, statements, arguments, traditions, etc.

   • It was an impulse to use art to unspin poisonous “social/psycho/spiritual” formations. — 2013
5. •
   To reveal the truth behind PR (public relations) or slanted reporting.

   • The trope requires a distinction between untrustworthy, biased politicians and trustworthy, unbiased experts. The latter are required to reveal, or to unspin, the misleading appearances of the former. — 2007
6. •
   To stop (something) from spinning.

   • You have to unspin it or the whole world will be sucked down into it. — 2012
7. •
   To unmake.

   • the garments of they righeousness are light as the web of gossamer, and shall be blown away by the breath of the Eternal, in that day when he will unspin all that nature hath ever woven. — 1869
8. •
   (figurative) To counteract fate.

   • Since pen and ink cannot alter facts, nor clotho herself unspin the thread of destiny ( § 39 ) , the historian's sole business is to narrate what has happened — 1892
9. •
   To happen; to unfold; to develop.

   • My life bifurcated. On half of it continued to unspin itself gently in the parklands of the Embassy, the other in and out of government offices, getting a little tangled in the process, — 1955