untether
verb [ T ] uk/ʌnˈteð.ər/ us/ʌnˈteð.ɚ/
把…从绳上解下，松开
to release a person, animal, or thing so that he, she, or it can move or act freely
He untethered the pony and threw a blanket on him. 他解开小马的绳子，给它盖上一条毯子。
When success came, he untethered himself from his longtime literary agent. 当成功来临时，他摆脱了多年的文学经纪人。
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- He had hatched a plan to untether the company from its sinking share price and unlock the value of its various assets.
- There are laws banning the blocking of rivers and streams, but most river shacks can untether their lines and float downstream to bypass these rules.
- There are many Skype-compatible cordless phones to untether you from a computer headset.