work loose
Example Sentences
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I wound them tight and tied the strips together so they couldn’t work loose.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
Every man who's ever handled a coal pick knows that draw slate is apt to work loose.
From The Boy With the U.S. Miners by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
Days ago he had managed to work loose the lower end of the mesh which fronted his cage, but his mind had told him that a sortie inside the ship was valueless.
From The Defiant Agents by Norton, Andre
There is considerable lost motion in the adjusting nut, and the set-screw, which acts as a knob, is likely to work loose and be lost.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
Its parts never work loose or drop off.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)
