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• n  loosening the ties that fasten something; the untying is easy"
• v  undo the ties of
• v  cause to become loose

• I told Hurley that Mao had said there was no way of "untying the knot," no way of negotiating a peaceful end of the embryonic civil war, unless America recognized the existence of .
• The Ukraine, which is untying many of its bonds to Moscow, finds Paris and Rome more supportive than Washington.
• That he had the untying in mind when he first pulled the strings tight is sufficiently obvious; and Auriol's prayers for the one chance in a hundred that will release her from a .

• undoing
• unfastening
• untie
• unbrace
• unlace
• undo
• loosen

• tie

News & Articles

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• WITH WAVES AS A BACKDROP, WITHEY AWAITS HIS FATE IN NBA
  Jeff Withey’s family owns a beach house on South Mission, and he thought it would be nice to watch the NBA Draft there Thursday surrounded by friends from Horizon High, with the setting sun untying knots in his stomach, with crashing waves calming frayed nerves.
  June 26, 2013 - U-T San Diego
• Boston Marathon bombing memorial is dismantled; materials to be preserved in city archives
  In the half-light of dawn, with runners and relatives of the victims watching, they snapped on rubber gloves, unfurled rolls of plastic bags, and began by untying the knots of all the tangled shoelaces. At the city’s behest, about a dozen people gathered at Copley Square this morning and meticulously picked through the makeshift memorial of the Marathon bombings, preserving for posterity the ...
  June 25, 2013 - Boston Globe

Quotes

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• Bob Feller in ESPN
  He threw it from about as low as you could go without untying your shoes,Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller said by telephone Friday. "Any lower and you'd scrape your knuckles on the pitching rubber."
• Olli Rehn in Journal of Turkish Weekly
  Noting that the Finnish efforts toward a resolution of the Cyprus issue might lead to new openings for reuniting the island, Rehn added, "This is surely a much longer process, but at the first stage we strive for untying the deadlock in trade and...
• Ma Ying-jeou in Taipei Times
  Your book, Untying the Knot, has been highly praised,Ma said.