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untie the knot

VERB

separate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break up divorce estrange leave part company split

STRONG

bifurcate depart detach discontinue disengage disunify disunite diverge drop part uncouple

WEAK

break it off break off dedomicile go away go different ways go separate ways pull out split up take leave unlink

Antonyms

STRONGEST

marry

STRONG

come connect engage join link

WEAK

combine unite

Example Sentences

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“If you try to untie the knot, it crumbles, so the only way to remove it and access the document is to destroy the tape. That’s painful, even though the tape itself preserves no information.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2023

Naturally, it takes a dandy to untie the knot.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2018

This year, 1.6 million Americans will untie the knot.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2017

When you untie the knot that hangs your hammock - in their eyes that's the ultimate symbolic gesture that you're leaving.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2013

I wanted to run down and untie the knot, but of course I couldn’t.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

untie the knot

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