Never cut what you can untie. From LearnThat.org. [Joseph Joubert]
Replacement of paper with a computer screen, and pencil with electrons, does not "untie" the process. From Wordnik.com. [Groklaw] Reference
"untie" its aid by 2012-13, so that relief dollars can be spent in Africa, rather than on. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
You can untie the landing boat, except for one line. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
"Don't take time to untie the knot," said the Father. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories] Reference
"You might untie my legs, ..." he said again, quietly. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
Take out the lettuce, untie it, drain it, and serve at once. From Wordnik.com. [The Belgian Cookbook] Reference
I made no reply, for I was trying to untie the handkerchief. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860] Reference
"If you'll untie my hands, I'll look after him," George said. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier] Reference
Ramon did not wait to untie the rope that held the huge trunk. From Wordnik.com. [The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure] Reference
It was an easy matter then to untie the rope that bound his feet. From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys on the Firing Line or, Holding Back the German Drive] Reference
Too impatient to untie it, Newall severed the cord with his knife. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
"I'd feel a lot more friendly to you gents if you'd untie me," said. From Wordnik.com. [The Brand of Silence A Detective Story] Reference
“Maybe we could work this out if you'd just untie me,” she says. From Wordnik.com. [My wife denies being my older self.] Reference
Hearing the restless whinny of the horses, we stopped to untie them. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
On any other occasion, I should have patience to untie the knot, I am sure. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side] Reference
She would simply unravel one slender thread of time and untie a single knot. From Wordnik.com. [The Impulse of Breathing] Reference
Shirley would untie the knots or cut the rope or get someone to unloose her. From Wordnik.com. [Rosemary] Reference
He could scarcely manage to untie that bag for the check, he was so hilarious. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
Smile his smile back to him, inhale his pride, his manly smell, untie his knots. From Wordnik.com. [Moratorium] Reference
There's nothing that can untie that kind of a bond between those two characters. From Wordnik.com. [Castle Premiere: How Will Castle and Beckett Fare on Opposite Sides?] Reference
Joe lowered himself into the room's easy-chair and bent down to untie his laces. From Wordnik.com. [Mercenary] Reference
Tavia was on her knees beside it before Dorothy had a chance to untie the strings. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale : a girl of today] Reference
But we will untie it, Miss Wardour, and then you will understand all these things. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
But she checked herself, and drawing the child toward her, began to untie her dress. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
The Rabbit, although he went to untie him, kept going past him a little on one side. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of the Great Plains] Reference
I kneel down and untie her biking shoes, pull off her socks and see her lovely feet. From Wordnik.com. [An Italian Lunch] Reference
"I don't even know how to tie one of those knots, more or less untie one of those knots.". From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Boobiac Strikes Back!] Reference
Life seems to have got into a hard knot which the poor little girl finds no power to untie. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
She would untie it and trust entirely to her clinging hands and prehensile moccasined feet. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
'Do you wish to see me?' he said, as he proceeded to untie the horse and get into the wagon. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
The coat had to be cut off in places because Frank did not dare to untie his prisoner's hands. From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys on the Firing Line or, Holding Back the German Drive] Reference
"Let me get up; untie the rope," wailed the unhappy Vivian, now utterly crestfallen and abject. From Wordnik.com. [Amos Huntingdon] Reference
As Reya scurried on the ground like a cat past the Sentinel to help untie Oryn, Alysia stood still as the van's engine started. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi - c.5: Will] Reference
He and a friend didn't get very far: they forgot to untie the dock lines and the boat was yanked back to shore -- and arriving police. From Wordnik.com. [Newsmakers] Reference
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