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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of untack.

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Examples

  • Vicki Phillips brought cups of tea out to the farmyard as we untacked the horses and gave them their feed of pony nuts before turning them out in a field nearby.

    Wales: a cross-country adventure on horseback Alexandra Buxton 2010

  • I untacked Charm, groomed him, and turned him loose in his stall.

    Canterwood Crest Triple Fault Katie Kitamura 2009

  • So I untacked Qtee and tacked up Apollo making sure to "wear the largest spurs I owned".

    Ode to Apollo Lo 2009

  • I untacked Charm, groomed him, and turned him loose in his stall.

    Canterwood Crest Triple Fault Katie Kitamura 2009

  • M had a great day at the barn -- apparently she groomed and walked a few horses, and untacked another horse when there was some kind of trailer emergency, and wrote a few letters and called a vet regarding some medication for two recently gelded stallions.

    readersguide Diary Entry readersguide 2006

  • He untacked them and made three trips to the cave, hauling the Federals 'gear to rest with them, all but for one haversack.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

  • However, until the horses and mules were untacked and groomed, he wouldn't be free to join the conference.

    Through Wolfs Eyes 2001

  • He untacked them and made three trips to the cave, hauling the Federals 'gear to rest with them, all but for one haversack.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997

  • In his den, the deceased had a floor safe-with no record of its purchase or installation-neatly hidden by an untacked segment of the wall-to-wall carpeting.

    Clear and Present Danger Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1989

  • Leave that portion within a foot of each end untacked.

    Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 Various

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