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
You don't remember, either, how mighty hard it was to wedge in the holdfasts for the chain guys stiffening the front of the dam, or how the keys work loose?
From Thurston of Orchard Valley by Dunton, W. Herbert
When the packs work loose, the lash-strap should be untied, and a man upon each side draw it up again and make it fast.
From The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions by Marcy, Randolph Barnes
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.)
