work loose
Example Sentences
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I wound them tight and tied the strips together so they couldn’t work loose.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
I don’t think you will work loose a second time.
From The Gray Phantom by Landon, Herman
Their struggles had caused the cord which made fast the craft to one of the poles to become untied and the other pole to work loose.
From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William
When the spokes in a wheel shrink more than the felloes, they work loose in the hub, and can not be tightened by wedging.
From The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions by Marcy, Randolph Barnes
"In all my experience, I have never seen one of those bolts work loose of its own accord or because of heat or vibration on the power deck."
From Treachery in Outer Space by Glanzman, Louis
