untie the knot

Example Sentences

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“If you try to untie the knot, it crumbles, so the only way to remove it and access the document is to destroy the tape. That’s painful, even though the tape itself preserves no information.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2023

“I don’t expect conversations to easily untie the knot, stop demonstrations, or provide solutions to problems, but to continue to struggle is not a way forward,” she added.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2019

This year, 1.6 million Americans will untie the knot.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2017

When you untie the knot that hangs your hammock - in their eyes that's the ultimate symbolic gesture that you're leaving.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2013

There was nothing to prevent me and the Gemini and the Agena from getting wrapped up like a Christmas package, with no way for me or John to untie the knot.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins