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unties

verb

present tense third-person singular of untie
as in unfastens
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 unties Sarah unties Gerard and runs out just in time to stop Downey, who begs her to let this all go. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unties
  1. undoes
  2. loosens
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  • Guadagnino undoes the bubble wrap and discovers Bertolucci’s viewfinder, a key relic for a filmmaker who may well have had the best eye in cinema history.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The substitution effect undoes some of the potential health gains.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of undoes
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  • Blonde loosens the plot, leaning into the unreliability of memory and the false truths that occupy the gaps between love and certainty.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In Antonioni’s film, after a woman disappears during a boating vacation, her partner and her best friend travel around looking for her, while the bond between them tightens and their grip on the threads of certainty loosens.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of loosens

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“Unties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unties. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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