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
The fashion icon then untied the skirt and wrapped it around Sailor’s neck showing off the outfit’s pants.
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Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The situation began to unfold after the ship was untied from the dock at 8:16 p.m. Three minutes later, the tugboat Charles D. McAllister assisted the Cuauhtémoc off the pier.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 30 June 2025
My only beef was that the barrel laces felt clumsy when tightening the shoe and came untied easily.
—Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 23 June 2025
The Dodgers untied it in a big way, greeting Padres reliever Jeremiah Estrada with five consecutive hits in the sixth inning.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 17 June 2025
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Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The situation began to unfold after the ship was untied from the dock at 8:16 p.m. Three minutes later, the tugboat Charles D. McAllister assisted the Cuauhtémoc off the pier.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 30 June 2025
My only beef was that the barrel laces felt clumsy when tightening the shoe and came untied easily.
—Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 23 June 2025
The Dodgers untied it in a big way, greeting Padres reliever Jeremiah Estrada with five consecutive hits in the sixth inning.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untie
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Adama unfastened a padlock and loosened the chain securing the doors.—
Ken Harbaugh,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Chisolm immediately dropped his bat and unfastened his elbow guard.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Second, the rookie wall — late December has undone a lot of promising rookie campaigns with some bad tape and things to work on.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Netanyahu knows that his political future is dependent on keeping far-right members of his coalition on board – and that dynamic has undone past pushes for the end of the war.—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
30 Sep. 2025
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The commonwealth has been without an operational freestanding birthing center since the 1980s, said Mary Kathryn DeLodder, director of the Kentucky Birth Coalition — a grassroots organization that led the charge in advocating for legislation loosening regulations for the facilities.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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That's because the city has a history of shifting on this issue, from when pursuits were restricted following bystander deaths, and then loosened in response to carjackings and reckless driving in the city.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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But for Buddhists, dying is an opportunity to unbind from the past and start again.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2025
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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 8 Oct. 2025.
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