as in to unfasten
to disengage the knotted parts of
she always makes sure to untie her shoelaces before removing her shoes
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Recent Examples of untie
Even more remarkable is that cameras caught Richardson running with her right shoelace untied.
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 24 June 2024
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
Sean Payton may as well have been telling Bo Nix his shoe was untied.
—Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
The victim started to untie the rope, but Cagle jumped on his legs.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 24 June 2024
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
Sean Payton may as well have been telling Bo Nix his shoe was untied.
—Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
The victim started to untie the rope, but Cagle jumped on his legs.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untie
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Grant, meanwhile, wore a simple black suit and a white button-up shirt with the first few buttons unfastened in a boyish manner.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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Ayoola attempted to put his fingers between his neck and the seatbelt, and was unable to unfasten his seatbelt.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
8 Sep. 2024
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There has been a favorite nearly undone by AI (very 2025), a favorite definitely undone by old tweets (very 2015) and an underdog that has in a matter of days become a favorite (very timeless).—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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Two of the department’s biggest funding streams — Title I and IDEA — also require action from Congress to be undone, as both were voted into law in 1965 and 1975 respectively.—
Molly Gibbs,
The Mercury News,
13 Feb. 2025
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Everyone at the club has been holding out for the moment when new ownership arrived and the purse strings can finally be loosened.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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The administration may also be reluctant to yield on another major demand by Mr. Xi: loosening U.S. restrictions on exports of technology to China, such as the advanced semiconductors needed to power artificial intelligence, a key battleground between the world’s top two economic powers.—
David Pierson,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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The book was centered on the idea that Russia’s geography is its fate and that there is nothing any ruler can do to unbind himself from the necessities of securing his lands.—
Anton Barbashin,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Mar. 2014
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The blazers who run the major championships have not yet commissioned sculptures of these two women, who so unbound their sport and gave the gift of professional aspiration to so many.—
Sally Jenkins,
Anchorage Daily News,
3 July 2023
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“Untie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untie. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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