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
On every bolt use a castellated nut and a cotter pin, or an ordinary nut and a lock washer, so the bolt will not work loose.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
The result was two compact bundles which could not work loose.
From Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)
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
Because if grease were used, the spokes would work loose, and soon the whole wheel would collapse.
From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by Wilson, F. N. (Frederick N.)
