as in to unfasten
to disengage the knotted parts of
she always makes sure to untie her shoelaces before removing her shoes
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Recent Examples of untie
Campbell and Jet kiss before untying a picnic basket sealed with a bow.
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Angel Saunders, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
This is a call to journalists to untie themselves from the vocabulary of the political polling industry.
—Subramaniam Vincent, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Microsoft tried to assuage the EU’s concerns by untying Teams in Europe before expanding the policy to around the world in April.
—Daxia Rojas, Fortune Europe, 26 Sep. 2024
Soon, Sally was untying her boat from a float, turning on its engine, and steering it away, headed for her island home.
—Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
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Ayoola attempted to put his fingers between his neck and the seatbelt, and was unable to unfasten his seatbelt.Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2024
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This paper proposes a spherical tether handling device that unfastens a robot’s tether during surveys by releasing the tether and carrying it aside.Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2016
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And once made, the alternate valuation date election cannot be undone. State Estate Taxes.Ashley Case, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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For the better part of the last 63 years, the NFL has steered clear of scheduling Saturday games while school is in session, only to watch in bemusement as college football’s expansionist impulses have undone a lifetime of studied avoidance.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Mikhail Gorbachev restructured the Soviet Union’s planned economy and loosened censorship.Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
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In a win for filmmakers, the U.S. Senate has given final approval to a bill loosening restrictions around shooting in national parks without a permit.Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
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The book was centered on the idea that Russia’s geography is its fate and that there is nothing any ruler can do to unbind himself from the necessities of securing his lands.Anton Barbashin, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2014
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The blazers who run the major championships have not yet commissioned sculptures of these two women, who so unbound their sport and gave the gift of professional aspiration to so many.Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
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“Untie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untie. Accessed 12 Jan. 2025.
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