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View definitions for untie

untie

verb as in unlace

Strongest match

verb as in loosen a fastening

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As a gesture of true camaraderie, they grin and untie their own blue pañuelos and tie these kerchiefs around our necks.

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His growing eccentricity, which included untied shoelaces and hair that spiked out in all directions, completed the stock image of a distracted scientist.

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TSA has often been a crapshoot, risking pileups as travelers pulled laptops from carry-ons and novice vacationers struggled to untie their sneakers.

He said they were given life jackets, their hands were untied - and they were told to jump into the water.

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Kardashian was quickly able to untie herself and her bodyguard arrived shortly after.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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