untie
verb (used with object)
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
had untied
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past perfectof untie.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Alleging that Mr Mohammed had untied the victim during the final visit, allowing the body to fall to the floor, Mr Grieves-Smith said Mr Varlow was found a few days later.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2022
Sunday, telling them that he and the crew realized at sunrise that someone had untied Seaquest from the dock, setting it adrift.
From Slate ● Jul. 26, 2018
But by the time she had untied herself from the mast of her art it was midnight, and there was no one to join her in a walk in the park.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 29, 2016
Desperate Russian critics, trying hard to pigeonhole my own novels, have once or twice linked me up with Gogol, but when they looked again I had untied the knots and the box was empty.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then he told how Voldemort had untied him, returned his wand to him, and prepared to duel.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
