as in to untie
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Recent Examples of unthread
Use the valve-core remover to unthread the core counterclockwise, then remove it and set it aside.
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Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 28 July 2020
For disc brakes Open and unthread the thru-axle and slide it out of the hub, then lower the wheel out of the dropouts.
—Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 3 June 2020
Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 28 July 2020
For disc brakes Open and unthread the thru-axle and slide it out of the hub, then lower the wheel out of the dropouts.
—Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 3 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unthread
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Slip on shoes: on sale for $24.99 Original price: $39.99 Fumbling to untie your shoes at security is stressful, so avoid the stress this year by getting some slip-on shoes like these.Christopher Murray, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
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Sean Payton may as well have been telling Bo Nix his shoe was untied.Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
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More than one hiker has inadvertently gotten the oil on their fingers when unlacing a boot, then transferred it to their forehead.Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 10 May 2023
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Usher followed — reportedly only after unlacing his skates first — and allegedly went to meet Brown & Co. behind some buses parked outside.Vulture, Vulture, 8 May 2023
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The snake uncoiled and hung down between the engine and the tire, looking at him with yellow beady eyes.Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
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But during the middle stretch, everyone limbers up—Discs 15 and 16, afternoon and evening shows in Houston, are particularly loose and swinging, Robbie uncoiling like a snake.Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2024
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Lenovo Lenovo The keyboard includes a button for making the screen unroll.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2025
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The intertwining plots unroll in a mishmash of styles.Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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The president-elect’s hands are otherwise tied on the TikTok ban, which—unless the Supreme Court overturns it—can’t be undone unless Congress repeals it.Alison Durkee, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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But within two years, Carter’s successor, Ronald Reagan, worked to undo his reforms and soon launched wars in both Nicaragua, to oust the Sandinistas, and neighboring El Salvador to support its right-wing military government.Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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However, in recent years historically unusual factors have pushed up mortgage costs fractionally and those could unwind.Simon Moore, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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The decision also unwinds a lower court ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, who on Tuesday issued an order barring Garland from releasing both volumes of his report.Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
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What at first presents itself as a survival horror, though, slowly unknots itself with twists and turns.Jessica Wang, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
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The idea is that a meditative approach can allow people to feel with resilience and unknot the ropework of repression without being flooded into despair.Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 15 Sep. 2022
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“Unthread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unthread. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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