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
The result was two compact bundles which could not work loose.
From Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)
Keith, a while ago I managed to work loose.
From Astounding Stories, February, 1931 by Bates, Harry
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
The sinnet lashings, both above and below water, soon work loose and become rotten, and the whole structure has then to be rebuilt.
From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil
