Which preposition to use with untie
A young man, one of those born to be a wedding usher, now came swiftly up the aisle on patent leather feet and untied with pearl-gray fingers the great white satin ribbon which restrained them in the pew.
A., and M., who seems as joyous as a lark, are like Siamese twins, with the advantage of untying at night and sleeping in different beds.
If they come to any difficult passage, the carts are untied from each other, and conducted across singly; and they travel at a very slow pace, only so fast as an ox or a lamb can easily walk.
I feel all untied in a place like this; the rigidity of one's nature begins to melt and flow.
For the [Greek: desis], or Untying of it: 'tis so admirable, that, when it is done, no one of the audience would think the Poet could have missed it; and yet, it was concealed so much before the last Scene, that any other way would sooner have entered into your thoughts.
Whose passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death; Untied unto the world with care Of princely love or vulgar breath.
There are ten such "knots" in the book, and few, if any of them, can be untied without a good deal of thought.
"You know quite well the snarl that is to be untied before the class meeting Friday evening.