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Definition of "untie" []
- To undo or loosen (a knot or something knotted). (verb-transitive)
- To free from something that binds or restrains: untie a horse from a tree. (verb-transitive)
- To straighten out (difficulties, for example); resolve. (verb-transitive)
- To become untied. (verb-intransitive)
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Use "untie" in a sentence
- "* This first-of-its-kind promotion will "untie" families from giving dad the traditional, same-old gift, instead offering him something he craves - a new smartphone."
- "Replacement of paper with a computer screen, and pencil with electrons, does not "untie" the process."
- ""untie" its aid by 2012-13, so that relief dollars can be spent in Africa, rather than on"