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Meanings of untie in anglès

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afluixar

Undo the ties of.

      afluixar

      Cause to become loose.

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            Examples for "undo"
            Examples for "undo"
            1
            That said; don't allow a moment of doubt to undo previous work.
            The South African
            2
            Complacency could undo much of the good work that has been achieved.
            The Irish Times
            3
            The only way to undo it is by its terms-findingtrue love.
            Beastly
            4
            You could even find that careless inattention will undo previous good work.
            The South African
            5
            They have said they will try to undo some of Obama's measures.
            Reuters
            1
            The IMF also said the Bank may need to loosen policy further.
            Reuters
            2
            Working as a television presenter can seriously loosen your grip on reality.
            The Irish Times
            3
            Castor's bill would loosen some of those restrictions in tax fraud cases.
            Reuters
            4
            The IMF also said the BoE may need to loosen policy further.
            Reuters
            5
            At present, traders do not foresee cash conditions to loosen too much.
            Reuters
            Usage of untie in anglès
            1
            The problem with this is how easy single-overhand knots can untie themselves.
            Climbing Magazine
            2
            Gabe had tried to free a stuck rope and decided to untie.
            Climbing Magazine
            3
            We must first untie the knots and weave the patterns into one.
            A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
            4
            A Sumerian struggled to untie another animal when Hathor struck him down.
            Quest for honour
            5
            He sprang from the horse, and instantly proceeded to untie the mule.
            The Bible in Spain / Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonm...
            6
            Hearing the restless whinny of the horses, we stopped to untie them.
            Land of the Burnt Thigh
            7
            Lavinia saw she had nearly conquered and cried:-Letme untie the knot.
            Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
            8
            If I were to untie the other I should move too fast.
            Old Peter's Russian Tales
            9
            Blount did not untie the package, nor did he cross-examine the traitor.
            The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush
            10
            Take out the lettuce, untie it, drain it, and serve at once.
            The Belgian Cookbook
            11
            I untie the guy's gown and let it drop to his waist.
            Beat the reaper: a novel
            12
            I made no reply, for I was trying to untie the handkerchief.
            The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 / A Magazine ...
            13
            The thong was even more difficult to untie with her trembling fingers.
            The Valley of Horses
            14
            Why not untie the knot, he'd thought to himself, and float away.
            Complete Books of Blood
            15
            Sometimes he even wet the knots, to make them harder to untie.
            The Tale of Snowball Lamb
            16
            With impatient hands I yanked at the knots to untie the package.
            The Storyteller
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            Untie through the time
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