work loose
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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
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 Randolph Barnes Marcy
They warped and split easily, and the nails and screws with which they were fastened would work loose.
From Type Cases and Composing-room furniture by A. A. Stewart
We pulled on the knots hard—and they weren't any granny knots, either, that would work loose.
From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
When the packs work loose, the lash-strap should be untied, and a man upon each side draw it up again and make it fast.
From The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions by Randolph Barnes Marcy
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