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 There's no time for a shoe search, untying the shoelace knot, and putting them on. Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025 Perennial Norris Trophy candidate Cale Makar will also untie his skates and put his feet up, with both players having grinded through not only the NHL season but the 4 Nations Face-Off. Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025 The numerous tales at hand are indubitably enchanting and give us a tough knot to untie. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 The film’s producers spent the summer of 2024 untying a sticky legal predicament (buying out an ownership stake by Kinematics, a production company bankrolled by billionaire Trump supporter Dan Snyder). Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for untie
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  • His bow tie wants to be untied, his vest buttons unfastened, his top hat removed.
    James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
  • On Black Friday last year, with the Chiefs and Raiders reserved for a national TV audience, quarterback Patrick Mahomes slammed a football between his hands and angrily unfastened his chin strap before yelling toward the sideline.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
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  • In fact, Trump views the Justice Department as a tool to uplift his political agenda, undoing the dedicated work of dozens of federal agents and prosecutors with his blanket pardon of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists and punishing or firing personnel that had engaged in disfavored inquiries.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 May 2025
  • So, figuring out how to handle undoing was the first challenge.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
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  • The screws may loosen and allow engine oil to leak from the screw holes, according to the recall report.
    James Powel, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • The idea here is that long hairs will get wrapped around the side brushes as per normal in their V formation, but then as the brushes come in toward that parallel configuration, the hair loosens and gets flung straight into the main vacuum.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 May 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
  • 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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“Untie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untie. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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