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loose Theme: INTOXICATED - ALCOHOL mod. very drunk.Mary was a little loose and had to be driven home.Don is too loose to stand up.
loose 1. adjective 1 (of a slot machine) advantageous to the gambler, both in terms of the frequency of payouts and a small house advantage US, 1984. 2 romantically unattached US, 1968 2. noun ► on the loose(used of a wager) made on credit AUSTRALIA, 1989
idiomloose► hang looseon the loose1 if a dangerous criminal or animal is on the loose they are free to go wherever they want, and may harm people:Of course I'm worried - it's 2am, there's a rapist on the loose and my teenage daughter has disappeared.The Oak Ridge National Laboratory has issued a warning that nine infected rats are on the loose.2 used in order to say that someone whose behaviour ought to be or is usually controlled, is free to do whatever they want:There are already too many people on the loose in this country spreading hate and violence.I could hardly wait for my parents to leave - I was on the loose in London for the first time in my life. phraseloose[loosed, loosed, loosing]
loose off
loose off sth • loose sth off BrE to fire bullets, bombs etc: The soldiers loosed off a few rounds of ammunition over the heads of the crowd.■ SIMILAR TO: fire
loose on/upon literary
loose sth on sb/sth • loose sth upon sb/sth usually passive to allow something very dangerous to harm people or destroy something: Although no one realised it at the time, a deadly disease had been loosed on the public. The power of the bomb was loosed on Nagasaki on August 9th.■ SIMILAR TO: unleash
loose mod. very drunk. Mary was a little loose and had to be driven home. - a loose cannon
- all hell breaks loose
- all hell breaks/is let loose
- all hell broke loose
- at a loose end
- at loose ends
- be at a loose end
- be on the loose
- break away
- break loose
- break loose from
- break loose from (something)
- break/cut/tear loose from somebody/something
- cast loose
- cut (one's) wolf loose
- cut (someone or something) loose
- cut (someone or something) loose from (something)
- cut loose
- cut loose from
- cut one loose
- cut one’s wolf loose
- cut someone/something loose
- cut wolf loose
- fast and loose
- free translation
- hang loose
- hang/stay loose
- have a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock
- have a loose screw
- have a loose tongue
- have a screw loose
- let (someone or something) loose
- let (someone) loose (on something)
- let (something) loose
- let go
- let loose
- let loose of
- let loose of (someone or something)
- let loose something
- let one loose
- let somebody/something loose
- loose
- loose as a goose
- loose cannon
- loose cannon, a
- loose change
- loose ends
- loose ends, to be at
- loose lip(s)
- Loose lips sink ships
- loose talk
- loose translation
- on the loose
- play fast and loose
- play fast and loose (with someone or something)
- play fast and loose with someone/something
- play fast and loose, to
- screw loose, to have a
- set (someone or something) loose
- some loose ends
- stay loose
- tear loose
- tear loose from (someone or something)
- tear loose from someone/something
- tear yourself/something loose
- the loose ends/threads
- tie up (some/a few) loose ends
- turn (someone or something) loose
- with a loose screw
- with a screw loose
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