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 skate laces Kirill Kaprizov untied following the Minnesota Wild’s morning skate on Friday were white.
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, back in their residence, his wife was able to untie herself and notify authorities.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Like every other relationship, friendships evolve, connections fade, ties untie and re-tie.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
Then, in a paper posted in June, Hermiller and her longtime collaborator Mark Brittenham uncovered a pair of knots that, when combined, form a knot that is easier to untie than the conjecture predicts.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, back in their residence, his wife was able to untie herself and notify authorities.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Like every other relationship, friendships evolve, connections fade, ties untie and re-tie.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
Then, in a paper posted in June, Hermiller and her longtime collaborator Mark Brittenham uncovered a pair of knots that, when combined, form a knot that is easier to untie than the conjecture predicts.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untie
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If your button-down outfit is in need of a little spice, a quick trick is to unfasten the top and slip out a single shoulder.—
Sri Rain Stewart,
InStyle,
13 Jan. 2026
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Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Acting early matters more than trying to undo the damage later.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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This session, lawmakers are also advancing a measure to undo Idaho cities’ nondiscrimination ordinances.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Fed loosened anyway — a rational response to the severe downturn — and inflation remained low for years to come.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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The Bucks won’t be, either, and that loosens trade restrictions on deals involving those two teams.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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This work unbinds the body from centuries of Western imagery, freeing it from representation and opening it to abstraction.—
Mame-Diarra Niang,
Artforum,
2 Nov. 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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“Untie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untie. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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