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Meanings of untying in English

Catalan
desunió

Loosening the ties that fasten something; the untying is easy"

desunió
Synonyms
Examples for "undoing"
Examples for "undoing"
1
Others said his comments bore the risk of undoing decades of peace-building.
Radio NZ
2
Yet the Pontic soldiers' primeval attempt to survive was their own undoing.
The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
3
Her focus: undoing the coarsening of debate brought about by online anonymity.
Wired
4
Short of undoing the merger approval, they could possibly... impose further conditions.
Reuters
5
They obtained glory and great wealth, yet it turned to their undoing.
Wired
1
He walked towards the house and saw the courier unfastening his pouch.
Relentless Pursuit
2
The guards passed along, calling out the name and unfastening the doors.
Noto: An Unexplored Corner of Japan
3
Quickly unfastening it, she skurried back to her room with the treasure.
Little Maid Marian
4
Meanwhile, the boy who was short two sous was unfastening his coat.
Nobody's Boy / Sans Famille
5
She rose from the armchair, almost lazily, and began unfastening her tunic.
Crown of Slaves
Usage of untying in English
1
I'm not very good at untying knots with just my left hand.
The Shelters of Stone
2
The untying of aid means that it can be purchased outside Canada.
Reuters
3
He worked his right foot into his shoe without untying the laces.
City of lies
4
While he was untying my obi in the room upstairs, he said:
Memoirs of a geisha: a novel
5
She had failed, having only succeeded in untying one of the knots.
Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian
6
He undid the blanket, carefully untying every knot and keeping the flax.
Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Later, Both by the Original Disco...
7
Each cadet stepped to his mount, untying the animal and standing by.
Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point; Or, Standing Firm for ...
8
Mandy was on her knees before the hamper, untying the rosy packages.
The Trumpeter Swan
9
Sue, walking to a window, began tying and untying the curtain cord.
Windy McPherson's Son
10
They had already commenced untying their leggings, when Basil uttered the ejaculation-
The Young Voyageurs: Boy Hunters in the North
11
He just walks to his bunk and sits down, untying his shoelaces.
Divergent
12
Ten minutes later, they were inside Moonbase Omega untying the prisoners.
Johannes cabal the necromancer
13
He had great trouble in removing his hose and in untying the knots.
Four Arthurian Romances
14
Mark begins untying the rope the woman used to secure the yacht earlier.
The Kill Order
15
Rena saw Plato untying the pony as the lady climbed into the phaeton.
The House Behind the Cedars
16
Back ran the maiden to the kitchen, untying her apron as she went.
The Old Homestead
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Translations for untying
Untying through the time
Untying across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common