Definition of "untying" []

• Present participle of untie. (verb)

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• "At one point, someone said that a particular corporation "the first step in untying this Gordian knot is to slather it with Krazy Glue" situation sounded like a government bureaucratic mess rather than anything in private business."
• ""A fellow without a knife might spend quite a while in untying all those," said the Hermit."
• "She undid the knot with the feeling of pride which attends the operation of succeeding in untying"