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
Days ago he had managed to work loose the lower end of the mesh which fronted his cage, but his mind had told him that a sortie inside the ship was valueless.
From The Defiant Agents by Norton, Andre
He next tried to cautiously work loose his hands, but to no avail.
From Astounding Stories, March, 1931 by Various
The result was two compact bundles which could not work loose.
From Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)
In 1898 steel studs were introduced instead of cast iron ones, the latter having a tendency to work loose, but the practice is not universal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
