untied; untying or untieing
1
: to free from something that ties, fastens, or restrains : unbind
untied our hands
2
a
: to disengage the knotted parts of
untie a shoe
b
: disentangle, resolve
untie a traffic jam
: to become loosened or unbound
Examples of untie in a Sentence
He untied the package and opened it.
She untied the horse from the post.
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My only beef was that the barrel laces felt clumsy when tightening the shoe and came untied easily.
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Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 23 June 2025
But Monday was the 12th time in the past 24 games the Padres’ bullpen has lost a lead or let an opponent untie a game.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2025
The situation began to unfold after the ship was untied from the dock at 8:16 p.m. Three minutes later, the tugboat Charles D. McAllister assisted the Cuauhtémoc off the pier.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 30 June 2025
But the audience reaction still reflects something interesting about the challenges of adaptation and how some great stories come with knots that cannot be untied.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
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Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 23 June 2025
But Monday was the 12th time in the past 24 games the Padres’ bullpen has lost a lead or let an opponent untie a game.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2025
The situation began to unfold after the ship was untied from the dock at 8:16 p.m. Three minutes later, the tugboat Charles D. McAllister assisted the Cuauhtémoc off the pier.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 30 June 2025
But the audience reaction still reflects something interesting about the challenges of adaptation and how some great stories come with knots that cannot be untied.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for untie
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“Untie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untie. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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