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
Pung Chow pieces are not affected by the climate and will never work loose.
From Pung Chow The Game of a Hundred Intelligences. Also known as Mah-Diao, Mah-Jong, Mah-Cheuk, Mah-Juck and Pe-Ling by Harr, Lew Lysle
Its parts never work loose or drop off.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)
He next tried to cautiously work loose his hands, but to no avail.
From Astounding Stories, March, 1931 by Various
The practice of pasting the backs at the edges only does not seem satisfactory, because on the one hand it does not give sufficient spring, and on the other the single sections easily work loose.
From Practical Bookbinding by Adam, Paul
