Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To unfasten the tether of or release from a tether.
- transitive verb To disconnect.
- transitive verb To free from restraints.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To release from a tether; set free, as an animal confined to a certain range by a rope or chain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
undo by removing atether .
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Examples
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If they eat more than they can see, they untether from the timeline and are never seen again.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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If they eat more than they can see, they untether from the timeline and are never seen again.
365 tomorrows » Duncan Shields : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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"Besides being another place and way for my name to be out there (and being in the right place at the right time is everything when your door's always open for more work), my blogs give me a place where I can 'untether' on topics just a bit," says freelance writer Tracy Morris.
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Mitch Daniels signed the nation's broadest school voucher law for K-12 education, having the potential to untether students, families, teachers, principals, and other entrepreneurs.
Paul DiPerna: Parents Snatching Up Vouchers and K-12 Scholarships for New School Year Paul DiPerna 2011
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A neighbor let me check in daily, but I was forced to untether.
Fawn Germer: Why the Old Dogs of the Work World Have No Choice But to Learn All the New Tricks Fawn Germer 2011
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But a minute later, the ground crew was rushing to untether us from our mooring—or, as Captain Judd referred to it, "the stick"—and the giant balloon was weather-vaning in the breeze, as if weightless.
Saved by the Captain Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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A neighbor let me check in daily, but I was forced to untether.
Fawn Germer: Why the Old Dogs of the Work World Have No Choice But to Learn All the New Tricks Fawn Germer 2011
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We slept so soundly, in fact, that none of us heard John Church rise, untether his horse, and slip away into the early morning.
Kings of Colorado David E. Hilton 2011
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A neighbor let me check in daily, but I was forced to untether.
Fawn Germer: Why the Old Dogs of the Work World Have No Choice But to Learn All the New Tricks Fawn Germer 2011
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A neighbor let me check in daily, but I was forced to untether.
Fawn Germer: Why the Old Dogs of the Work World Have No Choice But to Learn All the New Tricks Fawn Germer 2011
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