come undone
Frequency: 8.015.2 per million words
Describes the process of becoming unfastened, often accidentally.
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- My button's come undone again.
- The shoelace on her left shoe had come undone.
- After hours of dancing, her elaborate hairstyle started to come undone.
- The package tie might come undone if you don't double knot it.
- His scarf came undone in the strong wind.
- Don't let your seatbelt come undone during the ride.
- The fragile stitching had gradually come undone.
- I watched in slow motion as the zipper began to come undone.
- If the buckle comes undone, the whole bag will open.
- Her carefully constructed plans threatened to come undone.