bind off

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to finish knitting by fastening the final row of stitches so they cannot unravel

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   bind off / bind something off / bind off something

   Usage: In knitting, bind off may be used alone or with stitches as its object. A pronoun goes inside: bind them off.

   She learned to bind off neatly before removing the scarf from the needles.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   She learned to bind off neatly before removing the scarf from the needles.

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