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untie

[uhn-tahy]

verb (used with object)

untied, untying 
  1. to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.

  2. to undo the string or cords of.

  3. to undo, as a cord or a knot; unknot.

  4. to free from restraint.

  5. to resolve, as perplexities.



verb (used without object)

untied, untying 
  1. to become untied.

untie

/ ʌˈٲɪ /

verb

  1. to unfasten or free (a knot or something that is tied) or (of a knot or something that is tied) to become unfastened

  2. (tr) to free from constraint or restriction

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of untie1

before 1000; Middle English untyen, Old English ܲԳī𲵲. See un- 2, tie
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Kardashian was quickly able to untie herself and her bodyguard arrived shortly after.

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She and Melissa take it out, and then they realize they have to put it back in so he doesn't know that they're untied.

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"The person who tied the bell must untie it," he added.

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Under the glare of fluorescent lights in her lab she slowly untied it, piece by piece, to expose the fabric for the first time in more than three decades.

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Since then, Mr Zelensky, along with some European allies and some Democrats in Washington, have urged the US to further “untie” Ukraine’s hands.

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