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
We pulled on the knots hard—and they weren't any granny knots, either, that would work loose.
From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
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
"In all my experience, I have never seen one of those bolts work loose of its own accord or because of heat or vibration on the power deck."
From Treachery in Outer Space by Glanzman, Louis
Its parts never work loose or drop off.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)
