to untether
1
6.2
- verb
- /ʌnˈtɛðər/
:
liberar
- After years of routine, she decided to untether herself from her daily obligations and travel the world.
You begin to realize the myth of it all and the illusion of it all, and then you begin to let go and untether.
- You begin to realize the myth of it all and the illusion of it all, and then you begin to let go and untether.
Examples
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In free-vehicle sampling, the gear or instrument package is allowed to free-fall to the sampling depth untethered to the ship.
Academic text (1990) -
That said, I do look forward to a time in the not-too-distant future when some of our class activities untether the students from the desktops.
Blog text (29) -
I started this blog in 2007 when I untethered myself from my job and home and swam out into the world.
Blog text (16) -
But if democracy spreads in the Arab world, their economies should be untethered from the grip of corruption and actually grow and become stronger.
Blog text (34) -
Thus, even as Mencken and Lewis were inveighing against the Puritan-Pioneer influence of their time, they seemed unaware that they were living through a period of unprecedented upheaval in which technological change was fast untethering the country from its past.
Academic text (2010) -
Untethered from the rock-hard rituals of high school, I had been set adrift, floating between adolescence and real life, a place I had heard about that both terrified and seduced me.
Fiction book (2000) -
The new policy aims to untether teachers from strict curriculum requirements, allowing for more creative lesson plans.
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By choosing to untether from negative influences, he found a new path to personal happiness and success.
Synonyms
∞
1.8
To let someone or something go free from being held
∞
1.4
To stop holding something or someone so they are free
481
2.9
To move apart or stop being together
337
1.0
To release someone or something that is held
218
2.7
To let a person or animal go after keeping them in a place where they could not leave
161
3.5
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
98
2.3
Make someone or something free of an unwanted thing
82
5.3
To stop being part of or connected to something
75
7.0
Keep away from someone or something to show no connection
22
7.6
Free a person or thing from something that traps them
16
4.0
To come apart from something it is connected to
16
7.0
To end a connection with a person, group, or idea
13
3.8
Set something free from being held or controlled
12
4.9
To free someone from a difficult or confusing situation
11
4.1
To escape limits or control and become independent
6
4.1
Remove chains and other things that hold someone so they are free
5
6.5
Free someone or something from limits and control
3
6.4
To free something by untying ropes or cords
3
5.8
To free a person or thing from a difficult situation
1
7.4
To take away rules or limits so it can work more freely
1
7.0
To make something less tight or set something free
1
9.9
To free someone from control or false ideas
1
9.9
To free a person or thing from an unwanted burden like debts
1
6.7
To free something by letting go of ties or limits
1
7.5
To stop feeling close to someone or something
To remove limits from something so people can use it freely
To make something less tight or free it from something holding it
To free a person or thing from a difficult situation
To free yourself from a promise or duty that controls your life
Antonyms
How Free
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Untether comes from un- 'remove' and tether 'a rope or tie', so you can imagine taking off a leash. That's why to untether someone or something is to free them from limits or rules.