Definition of "untether" [untether]

• To undo by removing a tether. (verb)

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• "If they eat more than they can see, they untether from the timeline and are never seen again."
• ""Besides being another place and way for my name to be out there (and being in the right place at the right time is everything when your door's always open for more work), my blogs give me a place where I can 'untether' on topics just a bit," says freelance writer Tracy Morris."
• "But a minute later, the ground crew was rushing to untether us from our mooring—or, as Captain Judd referred to it, "the stick"—and the giant balloon was weather-vaning in the breeze, as if weightless."