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
There is considerable lost motion in the adjusting nut, and the set-screw, which acts as a knob, is likely to work loose and be lost.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
I’m not used to such goings-on”––and Cherry did what he could to work loose his legs.
From Santa Fé's Partner Being Some Memorials of Events in a New-Mexican Track-end Town by Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone)
Pung Chow pieces are not affected by the climate and will never work loose.
From Pung Chow The Game of a Hundred Intelligences. Also known as Mah-Diao, Mah-Jong, Mah-Cheuk, Mah-Juck and Pe-Ling by Harr, Lew Lysle
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 Marcy, Randolph Barnes
