Definition of Let loose

1. Verb. Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words). "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"


2. Verb. Turn loose or free from restraint. "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
Exact synonyms: Loose, Unleash
Generic synonyms: Let Go, Let Go Of, Release, Relinquish

Definition of Let loose

1. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To free; to release from restraint. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic sometimes followed by (term with) or (term on)) To shout, make a loud sound, or perform a sudden, vehement action; to behave in a raucous, frenzied manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Let Loose

let down
let drive
let fly
let freedom ring
let go
let go and let God
let go of
let her rip
let him that is without sin cast the first stone
let him who is without sin cast the first stone
let in
let in on
let it be
let it go
let know
let loose
let me see
let nature take her course
let nature take its course
let not the sun go down upon one's wrath, neither give place to the devil
let off
let off steam
let on
let one's hair down
let oneself go
let out
let rip
let sleeping dogs lie
let slide

Literary usage of Let loose

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"THE BIRD let loose THE bird let loose in eastern skies, When hastening fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle warblers roam; ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1847)
"... he " hoped to see the time when spirits, let loose over the country by his pot," reveals the paternal spirit lo his standard many of those restless ..."

3. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... Wail of the Squaws — An Exhausted Dancer — Dragged from the Fatal Arena — The Victim — Death of the Dancer — The Furies of Hell let loose — Fleeing From ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Buchannon let loose his hold a little bit before we did. It all happened in a little bit Buchannon was the first man that let loose. If he had not let loose ..."

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