untie

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Tansy untied the fine ribbon and took off the lid and peered into the tissue paper inside.

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Then he untied the buckskin sheath from his father’s belt.

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Some of the lines are silly—about how he hogged the pepperoni pizza at our birthday party, put an obviously recyclable cup in the trash, and often leaves his shoelaces untied.

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I thought briefly of sleeping again until daylight but the dogs were slamming into the harnesses, screaming to run, so I shrugged and jumped on the rig and untied it.

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I untied the chain, led him into the igloo, and set the snow blocks in place.

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