as in to untie
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Recent Examples of unthread
Use the valve-core remover to unthread the core counterclockwise, then remove it and set it aside.
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Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 28 July 2020
For disc brakes Open and unthread the thru-axle and slide it out of the hub, then lower the wheel out of the dropouts.
—Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 3 June 2020
Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 28 July 2020
For disc brakes Open and unthread the thru-axle and slide it out of the hub, then lower the wheel out of the dropouts.
—Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 3 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unthread
Verb
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In almost no time Sophie and Laura had managed to untie one knot, only to find a tighter and far more perplexing one at its center.—
Hannah Gold,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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The end of season two left a few loose ends untied after Ashtray (Javon Walton) dies in a police shootout, after which his brother Fezco (Angus Cloud) is hauled out by officers.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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More than one hiker has inadvertently gotten the oil on their fingers when unlacing a boot, then transferred it to their forehead.—
Jim Cobb,
Field & Stream,
10 May 2023
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Usher followed — reportedly only after unlacing his skates first — and allegedly went to meet Brown & Co. behind some buses parked outside.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
8 May 2023
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Over 100 snakes removed from homeowner’s garden in Sydney A sight like this would rattle the nerves of most homeowners … Read how a snake catcher uncoiled the mystery behind a backyard snake infestation.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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The snake uncoiled and hung down between the engine and the tire, looking at him with yellow beady eyes.—
Karen Bartunek,
The Arizona Republic,
13 Nov. 2024
Verb
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So, firefighters unrolled hoses and hooked up to a nearby fire hydrant.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
20 Feb. 2025
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Later that day, one of my friends carried it upstairs, opened the box, unrolled the mattress, and placed it on my bed.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The focus on tariffs also comes after Sen. Tim Kaine’s (D-Va.) resolution to undo Trump’s 25 percent tariff on Canadian imports passed with the support of four Senate Republicans, dealing a blow to the president in the process.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
3 Apr. 2025
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Trump announced a baseline 10% tax on nearly all goods imported to the U.S. from every country in the world, undoing the decades-long era of mostly free global trade long supported by the United States.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Saunas along the Neris River are the way for locals and tourists to unwind at the end of the day.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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However, a rescission agreement was entered in March 2025, intending to unwind this merger, subject to shareholder approval.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
1 Apr. 2025
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What at first presents itself as a survival horror, though, slowly unknots itself with twists and turns.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
20 Sep. 2024
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The idea is that a meditative approach can allow people to feel with resilience and unknot the ropework of repression without being flooded into despair.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
15 Sep. 2022
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“Unthread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unthread. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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