be on the loose

To be roaming and acting freely. This phrase can be used humorously to describe someone deemed an uninhibited annoyance, or it can be applied literally to people or animals that need to be contained. I'm not letting my kids go out at night while that burglar is still on the loose. My mother is on the loose this week because she's off from work, so expect at least five phone calls a day.

词组	be on the loose
释义	be on the loose be on the loose To be roaming and acting freely. This phrase can be used humorously to describe someone deemed an uninhibited annoyance, or it can be applied literally to people or animals that need to be contained. I'm not letting my kids go out at night while that burglar is still on the loose. My mother is on the loose this week because she's off from work, so expect at least five phone calls a day. See also: loose, on Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: chain (someone or something) to (something) chain to a right one how the mighty are fallen how the mighty have fallen as you do believe it or not bion and I don't play one on TV and a partridge in a pear tree
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