tear 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)

tear loose

To escape or extricate oneself from the constraints of someone, something, or some bearings with or as with a abundant accord of force. A automatic pronoun can be acclimated amid "tear" and "loose." He tore apart from his attacker's anchor and managed to battle the gun out of the criminal's hands. I managed to breach myself apart from the arid chat and went to go acquisition addition I knew.Learn more: loose, tear

tear apart (from addition or something)

to administer to breach abroad from addition or something. The quarterback tore apart and took twenty yards for a aboriginal down. Barlowe tore apart from Bill and fabricated for the door.Learn more: loose, tear

tear yourself/something ˈloose (from somebody/something)

tear ˈloose

escape from somebody/something by application abundant force; become afar from somebody/something in this way: He put his accoutrements annular my close but I tore myself apart and ran for help. ♢ As he captivated assimilate the bushes, he acquainted them breach apart from the rock.Learn more: loose, something, tear

tear loose

verbSee tear apart from someone/somethingLearn more: loose, tear

tear apart (from someone/something)

(tɛr...) in. to administer to breach abroad from addition or something. The quarterback tore apart and ran twenty yards for a aboriginal down. Learn more: loose, someone, something, tear

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