remove a stitch

Frequency: 8.07.5 per million words

To take out a stitch, either from sewing or a medical wound.

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Examples (10)

  • The nurse will remove your stitches next week.
  • Her stitches were removed yesterday after the surgery.
  • I've already had the doctor remove my stitches from the cut.
  • Carefully remove that loose stitch before it unravels the whole garment.
  • If you make a mistake in your knitting, you can always remove a stitch and try again.
  • Could you please remove these stitches for me? They're starting to itch.
  • This embroidery stitch needs to be removed and redone for a neater finish.
  • It's usually a quick and relatively painless procedure to remove stitches from a wound.
  • The surgeon is currently removing the final stitches from the patient's abdomen.
  • She had to remove several stitches from the hem to adjust the length of the dress.