let (something) loose Idiom, Proverb

a loose cannon

unpredictable employee, one who may embarrass The President is sensible, but the Vice President is a loose cannon.

a screw loose

a little bit crazy, one brick short... Sometimes I think he has a screw loose - like when he eats paper.

all hell broke loose

people did crazy things, everybody was fighting When the fire alarm sounded, all hell broke loose.

at loose ends

disorganized, unable to concentrate I was at loose ends when the kids were fighting. I couldn't think.

footloose and fancy free

carefree, not committed, devil-may-care When the kids moved out, we were footloose and fancy free!

hang loose

be calm, relax, do not be uptight In Hawaii, they tell the tourists to hang loose - to relax.

have a screw loose

act in a strange way, be foolish He is a really strange person. I think that he has a screw loose somewhere.

let loose

set free, give up one

loose cannon

(See a loose cannon)

loose ends

(See tie up loose ends)

let (something) loose

1. To do article in a sudden, fierce, and/or amoral manner; to absolve something, abnormally that which is agitated or destructive. The trapped wolf let apart a bone-chilling howl. The home aggregation began to let apart an abiding abhorrent battery adjoin their cross-town rivals. The buyer of the agronomical let his hounds apart aloft the trespassers.2. To acquiesce article to spread, grow, or advance in a agrarian or amoral manner, abnormally that which is annihilative or ruinous. With account of the aggressive junta's authoritative overthrow, a wild, bouncy anarchy was let apart beyond the already ambiguous country.Learn more: let, loose

let loose

(with something) Go to let go (with something).Learn more: let, loose

let ˈloose

(British English) (American English cut ˈloose) (informal) do article or appear in a way that is not controlled: Teenagers charge a abode to let loose.Learn more: let, loose

let ˈloose something

accomplish a babble or remark, abnormally in a loud or abrupt way: She let apart a beck of abuse.Learn more: let, loose, something

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